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Chapter 2
Link:-When a striver devotes himself heart and soul to God, his senses are controlled and his relish (taste) for sense enjoyments disappears. But what about those who do not devote themselves to God? The answer is provided in the next two verses.
dhyayato visayanpumsah sangastesupajdyate
sangatsanjdyate kamah kamatkrodho'bhijayate
krodhadbhavati sammohah sammohatsmrtivibbramah
smrtibhramsäd buddhinaso buddhinasätpranasyati
Contemplating constantly on the objects of senses, a man develops attachment for them; from attachment springs desire and from desire (unfulfilled) originates anger. From anger arises delusion; from delusion, confusion of memory; from which grows loss of reason; and with loss of reason (discrimination), he goes to complete ruin. 62-63
Comment:-
Dhyayato visayanpumsah sangastesapajayate:-When a man does not devote himself to God viz., he does not meditate on God, he broods on objects of senses, because in that case there is nothing else to contemplate on, except the world. Thus, by brooding over them, he develops attachment for them. Due to this attachment he enjoys sense-objects. This enjoyment may be mental or physical. The pleasure resulting from enjoyment, enhances attachment. Due to this enhanced attachment, he repeatedly dwells on sense-objects. It is a rule that the enhanced attachment persists, whether he enjoys the sense-objects or not.
Sangatsanjayate kamah:-By developing attachment for sense enjoyments, one has a desire to acquire and enjoy those sense-objects.
Kamatkrodho'bhijayate:-Gratification of desire misleads to greed and one who creates an obstacle in the possibility of its gratification, becomes a victim of anger. The desire for respect and honour on the ground of caste, stage of life and virtues etc., also causes anger, if some obstacles are put in its gratification.
Desire is a rajasika trait; delusion a tamasika one, and anger lies between the two. If you are angry with either, it means that you have attachment for something or the other. If you are angry with a man who defames you, it means that you are attached to fame. If you are enraged with a person who censures you, it proves your pride of innocence and so on.
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