त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः | कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ||१६-२१||
trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ . kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet ||16-21||
Chapter 16 · Verse 21
Daiva Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
दैवीसम्पद्विभागयोग
In plain words
Lust anger and greed -- these highway robbers will cause a man to fall into the dark abyss of hell misery or grief. These are the three fountainheads of misery. These three constitute the gateway leading to the lowest of hells.
Translation
16.21 Desire, wrath and greed - this is the triple gateway to Naraka, ruinous to the self. Therefore one should abandon these three.
Meaning
Lust anger and greed -- these highway robbers will cause a man to fall into the dark abyss of hell misery or grief. These are the three fountainheads of misery. These three constitute the gateway leading to the lowest of hells. These are the enemies of peace devotion and knowledge. When these evil modifications of the mind arise in it man loses his balance or poise and discrimination and commits various evil actions. Lust anger and greed denote selfblindness and ignorance for there are no Vasanas wants anger or greed in Brahman or the pure immortal Self. Narakasya dvaram The gate to hell The gate leading to hell. The self is destroyed by merely entering at the gate i.e. it is not fit to do any right exertion to attain the goal of life. As this gate causes selfdestruction let everyone renounce these three. (Cf. III.47) In the next verse the man who has abandoned these three evils is highyl eulogised.
Word by word
त्रिविधम् triple नरकस्य of hell इदम् this द्वारम् gate नाशनम् destructive आत्मनः of the self कामः lust क्रोधः anger तथा also लोभः greed तस्मात् therefore एतत् this त्रयम् three त्यजेत् (one) should abandon.