Bhagavad Gita 2.62
Chapter 2, verse 62
Meaning
Keep turning something over in your mind and you start to cling to it. Clinging grows into wanting, and wanting, once blocked, turns into anger.
The Sanskrit
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।
सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥ ६२ ॥
dhyāyato viṣayān puṃsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate
saṅgāt saṃjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho 'bhijāyate
Say it
dhyaa-yuh-to vi-shuh-yaan poom-suh-hu sung-gus tay-shoo-puh-jaa-yuh-tay
sung-gaat sun-jaa-yuh-tay kaa-muh-hu kaa-maat kro-dho bhi-jaa-yuh-tay
Word by word
- dhyāyataḥ viṣayān puṃsaḥ
- for a person who keeps dwelling on sense-objects
- saṅgaḥ teṣu upajāyate
- attachment to them springs up
- saṅgāt saṃjāyate kāmaḥ
- from attachment, desire is born
- kāmāt krodhaḥ abhijāyate
- from desire, anger arises
Read it in context: verses 2.61–64How one passing thought becomes a fallWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Catch the slide at the first step
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.62 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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