HOW ANGER DESTROYS A PERSON?
Bhagvad Gita describes the effect of anger on a person's downfall in a particular verse. The verse is as following - क्रोधाद् भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः । स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥ 2.63 ॥ Bg 2.63 — From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is destroyed, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool. The verse has four parts and we will try to understand each part separately. 1. FROM ANGER COMPLETE DELUSION ARISES. (क्रोधाद् भवति सम्मोहः) Anger is directionless: In the last verse it was said that by trying to satisfy oneself by sense gratification, one actually increases the intensity of lust. Moreover the senses do not have the capacity to enjoy endlessly. Over a period of time the fire of lust keeps increasing in vigor and transforms into fire of anger. It is to be und...