Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 2 · The Way of Knowledge

    Verse 62

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 2, Verse 62

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

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    To one who is thinking about sense-objects, attachment to them arises; from attachment arises desire, and from desire arises anger.
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