Thus, having understood, having known, the Self that is beyond the understanding, and having steadied the self fully by the mind, the mind made fit, that is, having well composed it: slay this enemy, O mighty-armed one, the enemy in the form of desire, hard to get at, since its reaching is achieved only with difficulty, hard to know in its many particular forms. Thus ends the third chapter in the commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā composed by the most reverend Śaṅkara the Blessed, pupil of the most reverend Govinda the Blessed whose feet are worthy of worship, the venerable wandering ascetic of the supreme order.

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

Thus, knowing desire, which is higher even than the understanding, to be the foe opposed to knowledge, and steadying the self, the mind, by the self, the understanding, in the discipline of action, slay this foe in the form of desire, hard to assail, destroy it.

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.