When one thinks of objects,
attachment for them arises.
attachment for them arises.
From attachment arises desire,
from desire arises wrath.
from desire arises wrath.
From wrath arises delusion;
from delusion, failure of memory.
from delusion, failure of memory.
From failure of memory,
inability to tell right from wrong.
inability to tell right from wrong.
Unable to tell right from wrong,
a person is utterly ruined.
a person is utterly ruined.
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verses 62-63
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Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya
Verse 62
Attachment for objects arises when a man thinks of them specifically*
Wrath arises when desire is frustrated by some cause or other.
Attachment for objects arises when a man thinks of them specifically*
Wrath arises when desire is frustrated by some cause or other.
Verse 63
From wrath arises delusion, a lack of discrimination between right and wrong.
Verily, when a wrathful man gets infatuated, he is led to insult even the Guru.
From infatuation follows failure of memory. Despite the presence of favourable conditions, no reminiscences arise of things already impressed upon the mind by the teachings of the sastras and of the teacher (acharya).
From failure of memory follows loss of conscience (buddhi) — the inability of the inner sense (antah-karana) to discriminate between right and wrong (karya and a-karya).
By loss of conscience he is utterly ruined.
Man is man only so long as his antah-karana is competent to discriminate between right and wrong. When it is unable to do so, the man is utterly ruined. Thus, by loss of conscience (antah-karana, buddhi) he is ruined, he is debarred from attaining human aspirations.
* i.e., thinks of their beauty etc.
From wrath arises delusion, a lack of discrimination between right and wrong.
Verily, when a wrathful man gets infatuated, he is led to insult even the Guru.
From infatuation follows failure of memory. Despite the presence of favourable conditions, no reminiscences arise of things already impressed upon the mind by the teachings of the sastras and of the teacher (acharya).
From failure of memory follows loss of conscience (buddhi) — the inability of the inner sense (antah-karana) to discriminate between right and wrong (karya and a-karya).
By loss of conscience he is utterly ruined.
Man is man only so long as his antah-karana is competent to discriminate between right and wrong. When it is unable to do so, the man is utterly ruined. Thus, by loss of conscience (antah-karana, buddhi) he is ruined, he is debarred from attaining human aspirations.
* i.e., thinks of their beauty etc.