This is the threefold gate of hell, of the reaching of hell, the destroyer of the self, the gate on entering which the self perishes, becomes unfit for any human goal; that is why it is called the destroyer of the self. What is it? Desire, anger and likewise greed. Therefore one should give up this threefold thing; since this is the gate that destroys the self, one should give up these three, desire and the rest. This is the praise of that relinquishing.

Of this hell, which is of the form of the demonic nature, this is the threefold door, and it is the destroyer of the self: desire, anger, and greed. The own forms of the three were explained before. The 'door' is the way, the cause. This is the meaning. Therefore one should give up these three. Since desire, anger, and greed are the cause of an exceedingly terrible hell, one should give up these three from afar.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.