Verse 2.62

ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।

सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥

2.62

Transliteration

dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate |

saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho'bhijāyate ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

When a man thinks of the objects, attachment for them arises; from attachment desire is born; from desire anger arises.

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Word by word

dwelling on
sense objects
of a man
attachment
to them
arises

from attachment
is born
desire
from desire
anger
arises

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

This verse and the next describe a chain of causes that leads step by step to ruin. When a person dwells on objects in thought, attachment (saṅga) to them arises. From attachment comes desire (kāma), and when desire is blocked, anger (krodha) follows. The verse locates the beginning of the problem not in action but in repeated thinking. What we dwell on shapes what we want, and frustrated wanting turns to anger. This analysis remains strikingly relevant as a description of the mind.