Chapter 2, Verse 62
Chapter 2 · jnana-yoga
Shloka
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते | सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ||२-६२||
dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate . saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho.abhijāyate ||2-62||
English Meaning
English Meaning
When a man thinks of the objects, attachment for them arises; from attachment desire is born; from desire anger arises.
Hindi Meaning
विषयों का चिन्तन करने वाले पुरुष की उसमें आसक्ति हो जाती है? आसक्ति से इच्छा और इच्छा से क्रोध उत्पन्न होता है।।
Russian Meaning
Когда человек думает об объектах, возникает привязанность к ним; из привязанности рождается желание; из желания возникает гнев.
Spanish Meaning
Cuando un hombre piensa en los objetos, surge el apego por ellos; del apego nace el deseo; del deseo surge la ira.
Commentary
When a man thinks of the beauty and the pleasant and alluring features of the senseobjects he becomes attached to them. He then regards them as something worthy of acisition and possession and hankers after them. He develops a strong desire to possess them. Then he endeavours his level best to obtain them. When his desire is frustrated by some cause or other? anger arises in his mind. If anybody puts any obstruction in his way of obtaining the objects he hates him? fights with him and develops hostility towards hi. (Cf.II.64).