Bhagavad Gita on anger
The Gita gives one of the clearest accounts of anger anywhere: it starts with dwelling on something, grows into wanting it, and turns to anger when the wanting is blocked. From anger comes confusion, and from confusion we lose the very judgement that would have stopped us. These are the verses.
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- Bhagavad Gita 2.62 · Krishna
Dwelling on something becomes attachment, then desire, then anger.
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते । सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥
“Thinking about sense objects creates attachment to them. Attachment gives rise to desire; desire gives rise to anger.”
विषयोंका चिन्तन करनेवाले मनुष्यकी उन विषयोंमें आसक्ति पैदा हो जाती है । आसक्तिसे कामना पैदा होती है । कामनासे क्रोध पैदा होता है । क्रोध होनेपर सम्मोह मूढ़भाव हो जाता है । सम्मोहसे स्मृति भ्रष्ट हो जाती है । स्मृति भ्रष्ट होनेपर बुद्धिका नाश हो जाता है । बुद्धिका नाश होनेपर मनुष्यका पतन हो जाता है ॥
There is relief in catching the chain early, before a small craving hardens into a reaction you regret.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 2.63 · Krishna
Anger clouds the mind, memory fails, and judgement is lost.
क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः । स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥
“From anger comes delusion; from delusion, confusion of memory; from confusion of memory, loss of discernment; from loss of discernment, ruin.”
विषयोंका चिन्तन करनेवाले मनुष्यकी उन विषयोंमें आसक्ति पैदा हो जाती है । आसक्तिसे कामना पैदा होती है । कामनासे क्रोध पैदा होता है । क्रोध होनेपर सम्मोह मूढ़भाव हो जाता है । सम्मोहसे स्मृति भ्रष्ट हो जाती है । स्मृति भ्रष्ट होनेपर बुद्धिका नाश हो जाता है । बुद्धिका नाश होनेपर मनुष्यका पतन हो जाता है ॥
You can feel the warning inside anger before it turns into damage.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 3.37 · Krishna
Desire and anger, born of rajas, are the real enemy here.
श्री भगवानुवाचकाम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः । महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥
“Krishna said: Desire, born of rajas, turns into anger. It is all-consuming and deeply destructive. Know it as your enemy here.”
श्रीभगवान् बोले रजोगुणसे उत्पन्न हुआ यह काम ही क्रोध है । यह बहुत खानेवाला और महापापी है । इस विषयमें तू इसको ही वैरी जान ॥
You can catch the fire early, before it becomes a blaze that controls your choices.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 16.21 · Krishna
Lust, anger and greed: three gates to ruin. Leave all three.
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः । कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥
“Desire, anger, and greed are the three gates of ruin. Abandon these three.”
काम, क्रोध और लोभ ये तीन प्रकारके नरकके दरवाजे जीवात्माका पतन करनेवाले हैं, इसलिये इन तीनोंका त्याग कर देना चाहिये ॥
You do not have to obey every impulse. Freedom begins when you stop feeding the forces that trap you.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 5.23 · Krishna
One who can bear the push of desire and anger, here and now, is happy.
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् । कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥
“Whoever can withstand the surge of desire and anger here before the body falls, is a disciplined person and is truly happy.”
इस मनुष्यशरीरमें जो कोई मनुष्य शरीर छूटनेसे पहले ही कामक्रोधसे उत्पन्न होनेवाले वेगको सहन करनेमें समर्थ होता है, वह नर योगी है और वही सुखी है ॥
Real strength is not suppressing feeling, but not letting it drive your next move.
Meaning and commentary → - Bhagavad Gita 2.56 · Krishna
The steady mind is free of attachment, fear and anger.
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः । वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥
“The steady-minded sage is unshaken by sorrow, free from craving in joy, and beyond attachment, fear, and anger.”
दुःखोंकी प्राप्ति होनेपर जिसके मनमें उद्वेग नहीं होता और सुखोंकी प्राप्ति होनेपर जिसके मनमें स्पृहा नहीं होती तथा जो राग, भय और क्रोधसे सर्वथा रहित हो गया है, वह मननशील मनुष्य स्थिरबुद्धि कहा जाता है ॥
You do not have to be ruled by every rise and fall. Calm can remain while life changes.
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