Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 62 — Sankhya Yoga
Sanskrit
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते | सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ||२-६२||
Transliteration
dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate . saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho.abhijāyate ||2-62||
Hindi Meaning
।।2.62।। विषयों का चिन्तन करने वाले पुरुष की उसमें आसक्ति हो जाती है? आसक्ति से इच्छा और इच्छा से क्रोध उत्पन्न होता है।।
English Meaning
While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises.
Commentary
One who is not Kṛṣṇa conscious is subjected to material desires while contemplating the objects of the senses. The senses require real engagements, and if they are not engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, they will certainly seek engagement in the service of materialism. In the material world everyone, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā – to say nothing of other demigods in the heavenly planets – is subjected to the influence of sense objects, and the only method to get out of this puzzle of material existence is to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Lord Śiva was deep in meditation, but when Pārvatī agitated him for sense pleasure, he agreed to the proposal, and as a result Kārtikeya was born. When Haridāsa Ṭhākura was a young devotee of the Lord, he was similarly allured by the incarnation of Māyā-devī, but Haridāsa easily passed the test because of his unalloyed devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa. As illustrated in the above-mentioned verse of Śrī Yāmunācārya, a sincere devotee of the Lord shuns all material sense enjoyment due to his higher taste for spiritual enjoyment in the association of the Lord. That is the secret of success. One who is not, therefore, in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however powerful he may be in controlling the senses by artificial repression, is sure ultimately to fail, for the slightest thought of sense pleasure will agitate him to gratify his desires.
Hinglish Commentary
Jo log Kṛṣṇa ke prati conscious nahi hain, wo material desires se bhare rehte hain jab wo senses ke objects par sochte hain. Hamare senses ko asli engagement ki zarurat hoti hai, aur agar unhe Lord ke transcendental loving service mein nahi lagaya gaya, to wo zaroor materialism ki taraf khinchte hain. Material duniya mein sab log, chahe wo Lord Śiva ho ya Lord Brahmā, ya phir heavenly planets ke dusre demigods, sabhi senses ke objects ke influence mein hain, aur is material existence ke paheli se nikalne ka sirf ek tareeka hai – Kṛṣṇa conscious hona. Lord Śiva to meditation mein gher gaye the, lekin jab Pārvatī ne unhe sense pleasure ke liye uksaya, to unhone maan liya, aur isse Kārtikeya ka janm hua. Jab Haridāsa Ṭhākura chhote bhakt the, to unhe bhi Māyā-devī ke incarnation ne allure kiya, lekin unhone apne pure devotion ke wajah se asaani se wo test pass kar liya. Jaise ki Śrī Yāmunācārya ke verse mein dikhaya gaya hai, ek saccha bhakt sab material sense enjoyment ko chhod deta hai kyunki uska spiritual enjoyment ke liye higher taste hota hai Lord ke sang. Yehi success ka raaz hai. Isliye, jo log Kṛṣṇa consciousness mein nahi hain, chahe wo kitne hi powerful kyun na ho senses ko artificially control karne mein, wo aakhirkar fail hi honge, kyunki sense pleasure ka chhota sa bhi khayal unhe unki desires ko pura karne ke liye uksayega.