Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, verse 62
With 2.63 it traces a chain from dwelling on things to ruin, one of the Gita's best-known pieces of psychology.
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ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।सङ्गात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥
dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate |saṅgātsaṃjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho'bhijāyate ||
When a person keeps thinking about sense objects, attachment to them grows. From attachment comes desire, and from desire comes anger.
जब मनुष्य विषयों के बारे में सोचता रहता है, तो उनसे लगाव पैदा होता है। लगाव से इच्छा जन्म लेती है, और इच्छा से क्रोध पैदा होता है।
माणूस विषयांचा विचार करत राहतो तेव्हा त्यांच्याबद्दल आसक्ती निर्माण होते. आसक्तीतून इच्छा जन्मते, आणि इच्छेतून क्रोध निर्माण होतो.
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ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।सङ्गात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।
Keeping all the senses under control, one should sit focused, with me as the highest aim. A person whose senses are under control has steady wisdom.
2.63क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः ।
From anger comes confusion, from confusion the memory slips, when memory fails the power of judgement is lost, and when judgement is lost, the person is ruined.
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