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Bhagavad Gītā (Kashmirian recension)3.40

3.40
कामक्रोधमयो घोरः स्तम्भहर्षसमुद्भवः । अहङ्कारोऽभिमानात्मा दुस्तरः पापकर्मभिः ॥ ३-४० ॥
kāmakrodhamayo ghoraḥ stambhaharṣasamudbhavaḥ | ahaṅkāro'bhimānātmā dustaraḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ || 3-40 ||
— terrible, made of desire and anger ; — arising from stupor and elation ; — egoism, whose essence is pride ; — hard to overcome through sinful deeds

Terrible, made of desire and anger, arising from stupor and elation, egoism whose essence is pride is hard to surmount through sinful deeds.