2.62–63
Chapter 2, Verses 62–63
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते। सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते৷৷ क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः। स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति৷৷
dhyāyatō viṣayānpuṅsaḥ saṅgastēṣūpajāyatē. saṅgāt saṅjāyatē kāmaḥ kāmātkrōdhō.bhijāyatē৷৷ krōdhādbhavati saṅmōhaḥ saṅmōhātsmṛtivibhramaḥ. smṛtibhraṅśād buddhināśō buddhināśātpraṇaśyati৷৷
Translation
Verse 62
When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them; attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger.
Verse 63
Anger induces delusion; delusion, loss of memory; through loss of memory, reason is shattered; and loss of reason leads to destruction.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
Verse 62
ध्यायतः thinking, विषयान् (on) objects of the senses, पुंसः of a man, सङ्गः attachment, तेषु in them, उपजायते arises, सङ्गात् from attachment, संजायते is born, कामः desire, कामात् from desire, क्रोधः anger, अभिजायते arises. 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).
Verse 63
क्रोधात् from anger, भवति comes, संमोहः delusion, संमोहात् from delusion, स्मृतिविभ्रमः loss of memory, स्मृतिभ्रंशात् from loss of memory, बुद्धिनाशः the destruction of discriminatio, बुद्धिनाशात् from the,destruction of discrimination, प्रणश्यति (he) perishes. Commentary: From anger arises delusion. When a man becomes angry he loses his power of discrimination between right and wrong. He will speak and do anything he likes. He will be swept away by the impulse of passion and emotion and will act irrationally.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.