Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]The Blessed Lord said: It is desire, it is anger, born of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful. Know this to be the enemy here.
BG 3.37
श्रीभगवानुवाच । काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः । महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca | kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ | mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam ||
"The enemy is desire and anger, born of rajas — all-devouring, all-sinful. Know this as your internal enemy."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The Blessed Lord said: It is desire, it is anger, born of the Rajo-guna, all-devouring, all-sinful; know this as the foe here.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]The Blessed Lord said: It is desire, it is anger, sprung from the quality of rajas, devouring all and very sinful; know this to be the enemy here.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]It is passion, it is wrath, Begot of Rajas; hungry, mighty, vile! Know this for the enemy!
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]The Blessed Lord said: It is desire, it is wrath, born of the quality of passion, all-devouring and very sinful. Know that that is the enemy here.