This question was raised by Arjuna that, "This life is meant for elevating to further, higher standard of life. Why people, they degrade? Why they are degraded?" So Kṛṣṇa, when this question was raised by Arjuna to Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa answered:
- kāma eṣa krodha eṣa
- rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
- (BG 3.37)
"My dear Arjuna, this is due to lust and anger." Kāma eṣa krodha, rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ. This is due to our association with the modes of material nature known as passion.
- kāma eṣa krodha eṣa
- rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
- (BG 3.37)
Mahāśano. Therefore these two things—kāma means "lust," and krodha, "anger"—they are our greatest enemies. Lust and anger. Mahāśano mahā-pāpmā—they are the greatest sins, mahā-pāpmā. Viddhy enam iha vairiṇam (BG 3.37). So you should always consider them as your greatest enemy, kāma and krodha. That makes us entangled in this material world, rajo-guṇa. And lower than that, tamo guna. Tamo guna is ignorance.
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So in order to make progress of your life you must give up these two enemies: kāma, means lust, and anger. This is the proposition of Kṛṣṇa:
- kāma eṣa krodha eṣa
- rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
- (BG 3.37)
Rajo-guṇa means passion, to become passionate. So if we want to control passion, then we have to eat in such a way, deal in such a way, live in such a way that we control passion and come to the platform of goodness.