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The Divine and Demonic Natures
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tri-vidham —three kinds of;  narakasya —hellish;  idam —this;  dvāram —gate;  nāśanam —destructive;  ātmanaḥ —of the self;  kāmaḥ —lust;  krodhaḥ —anger;  tathā —as well as;  lobhaḥ —greed;  tasmāt —therefore;  etat —these;  trayam —three;  tyajet —must give up.
TRANSLATION
There are three gates leading to this hell—lust, anger, and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul.
PURPORT
The beginning of demoniac life is described herein. One tries to satisfy his lust, and when he cannot, anger and greed arise. A sane man who does not want to glide down to the species of demoniac life must try to give up these three enemies which can kill the self to such an extent that there will be no possibility of liberation from this material entanglement.
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एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्दारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः ।  
 आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥२२॥
etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ ācaraty ātmanaḥ śreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim
etaiḥ —by these;  vimuktaḥ —being liberated;  kaunteya —O son of Kuntī;  tamaḥ-dvāraiḥ —the gates of ignorance;  tribhiḥ —three kinds of;  naraḥ —a person;  ācarati —performs;  ātmanaḥ —self;  śreyaḥ —benediction;  tataḥ —there-after;  yāti —goes;  parām —supreme;  gatim —destination.
TRANSLATION
The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kuntī, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gradually attains the supreme destination.
PURPORT
One should be very careful of these three enemies to human life: lust, anger, and greed. The more a person is freed from lust, anger and greed,