BhG 2.62

dhyāyato viṣayān puṃsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate
saṅgāt saṃjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ‘bhijāyate

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syntax


viṣayān (sense objects) dhyāyataḥ (of one who is contemplating) puṁsaḥ (of a person)
teṣu (to them) [viṣayeṣu] (to objects) saṅgaḥ (attachment) upajāyate (it arises),
saṅgāt (from attachment) kāmaḥ (desire) saṁjāyate (it arises together),
kāmāt (from desire) krodhaḥ (anger) abhijāyate (it arises).

 

grammar

dhyāyataḥ – dhyāyant (√dhyai – to think) PPr 6n.1 m. – of one who is contemplating;
viṣayān – viṣaya 2n.3 m. – spheres, territories, scopes, sense objects, subjects (from: √viṣ – to be active, to perform);
puṁsaḥ – puṁs (pumān) 6n.1 m. – of a person;
saṅgaḥ – saṅga 1n.1m. – clinging, contact, relation, desire, attachment (from: sam-√gam – come together or √sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace);
teṣu – tat sn. 7n.3 m. – in them;
upajāyate – upa-√jan (to be born, to arise) Praes. Ā 1v.1 – it arises;
saṅgāt – saṅga 5n.1m. – from clinging, contact, relation, desire, attachment (from: sam-√gam – come together or √sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace);
saṁjāyate – sam-√jan (to be born together) Praes. Ā 1v.1 – it arises together;
kāmaḥ – kāma 1n.1 m. – wish, desire, pleasure (from: √kam –to wish, to love, to long for);
kāmāt – kāma 5n.1 m. –  from wish, desire, pleasure (from: √kam – to wish, to love, to long for);
krodhaḥ – krodha 1n.1 m. – anger, wrath (from: √krudh – to be angry);
abhijāyate – abhi-√jan (to be born, to arise) Praes. Ā 1v.1 – it arises;

 

textual variants


saṅgas teṣūpajāyate → saṅgas teṣv abhijāyate / saṅgas teṣv apajāyate (attachment to them is born);
krodho ‘bhijāyate → krodho ‘pi jāyate (moreover anger arises);

 
 



Śāṃkara

The key:
an excerpt from the commented verse
quotes from the scriptures
starting polemic

Thought of sense -objects is the source of evil.
Now the Lord proceeds to point out the source of all evil in the case of the unsuccessful:

athedānīṃ parābhaviṣyataḥ sarvānartha-mūlam idam ucyate –

When a man thinks of objects, attachment for them arises.
From attachment arises desire; from desire arises wrath.

dhyāyato viṣayān puṃsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate |
saṅgāt saṃjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho’bhijāyate ||2.62||

Attachment for objects arises when a man thinks of them specifically – Wrath arises when desire is frustrated by some cause or other,

dhyāyataś cintayato viṣayān śabdādīn viṣaya-viśeṣān ālocayataḥ puṃsaḥ puruṣasya saṅgaḥ āsaktiḥ prītis teṣu viṣayeṣu upajāyate utpadyate | saṅgāt prīteḥ saṃjāyate samutpadyate kāmas tṛṣṇā | kāmāt kutaścit pratihatāt krodho ’bhijāyate ||2.62||

 

Rāmānuja

commentary under the verse BhG 2.63

 

Śrīdhara

commentary under the verse BhG 2.63

 

Madhusūdana

commentary under the verse BhG 2.63

 

Viśvanātha

commentary under the verse BhG 2.63

 

Baladeva

commentary under the verse BhG 2.63

 
 



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