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ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते। सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते।।2.62।।

dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 62
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
When one thinks of objects, attachment to them arises; from attachment, desire is born; from desire, anger arises.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the chain from thinking about an object to attachment to desire to anger is laid out almost like a flowchart, meant to be interruptible at any link.

In life: anger rarely appears out of nowhere, it usually followed a traceable chain that started much earlier and smaller.

Teaching: catch the chain early, at the thinking or attachment stage, rather than trying to manage it once it's already turned into anger.

dhyāyataḥcontemplating
viṣhayānsense objects
puṁsaḥof a person
saṅgaḥattachment
teṣhuto them (sense objects)
upajāyatearises
saṅgātfrom attachment
sañjāyatedevelops
kāmaḥdesire
kāmātfrom desire
krodhaḥanger
abhijāyatearises

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
2.62 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).