LUST AND ANGER-THE DEADLY TWINS

SUBHASHITHAM: 046

दस काम समुत्थानि तथा अष्टौ क्रोधजानि च I  

 व्यसनानि दुरन्तानि प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत्  II

कामजेषु प्रसक्तो  हि व्यसनेषु महीपति: I 

वियुज्यते अर्थ धर्माभ्यां क्रोधजेश्वात्मनैव तु II                          

 Dasa kaama samutthani  tatha astou krodhjaani cha I   

Vyasanani durantani prayatnena vivarjayet II  

Kaamajeshu prasakto hi vysaneshu maheepati: I 

 Viyujyate artha dharmaabhyaam krodhajesvaathmanaiva tu  II                                                                                            

One must put efforts  to get rid of the ten bad effects arising out of Lust , eight defects arising out of Anger with all his might. One who is not able to control desire will lose nobility and wealth; one who succumbs to anger destroys himself totally. (Not able obtain details of the ten and eight defects mentioned in the sloka . Any one   who can help is welcome.)  

Now, the Bhagavad Gita describes beautifully, the process of how man  gets totally destroyed from just an apparently harmless   initial attraction to an object of desire:

ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंस: सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते |

सङ्गात्सञ्जायते काम: कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते || 62||

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

BG 2.62: While musing  on the objects of the senses, one develops attachment to them. Attachment leads to Desire, and from Desire arises Anger.

क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोह: सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रम: |

स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति || 63||

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ

smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati

BG 2.63: Anger leads to delusion, which results in confusion of  memory. When the memory is confused, the intellect gets destroyed; and when the intellect is destroyed, one is ruined

Gita also goes on to say what should be done to get out of the clutches of the deadly twins:

तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ |

पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम् || 41||

tasmāt tvam indriyāṇyādau niyamya bharatarṣhabha

pāpmānaṁ prajahi hyenaṁ jñāna-vijñāna-nāśhanam

BG 3.41: Therefore, O best of the Bharatas, in the very beginning bring the senses under control and slay this enemy called desire, which is the embodiment of sin and destroys knowledge and realization.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH