Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, Verse 21

त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः । कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्

trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ | kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet

Translation

Triple is this, the gate to hell, destructive of the self: LUST, WRATH, and GREED. Therefore, these three, one should abandon.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

trividham

triple

narakasya

of hell

idam

this

dvāram

gate

nāśanam

destructive

ātmanaḥ

of the self

kāmaḥ

desire

krodhaḥ

wrath

tathā

also

lobhaḥ

greed

tasmāt

therefore

etat

this

trayam

triplet

tyajet

let him throw away

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The gate to hell: the gate leading to hell (naraka). By merely entering at the gate, the self is ruined, i.e., is fit for no human end whatever. Since this gate is ruinous to the self, let every one abandon these three: lust, wrath and greed.