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Re: BGII, Sh 62-64, Comments and Questions
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: BGII, Sh 62-64, Comments and Questions
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From: lchiluku@ucsd.edu (R. & L. Chilukuri)
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Date: 4 Jun 1995 21:14:55 GMT
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From news@network.ucsd.edu Sun Jun 4 17: 03:45 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Univ of California at San Diego
Hari Om:
Just a thought regarding "kaamath krodhohbhijayate". It is
often interpreted as "anger directed towards the person or
circumstance that prevents us from acheiving a particular
desire.
What is the meaning of "anger directed against a
circumstance that prevents ..." ? One is so absorbed in
thoughts about the objects and how to achieve it, that one
tends to be distracted and irritable. I mean a general
snappish state of mind that explodes into anger in
completely unrelated activities. "Being on edge" is perhaps a
best description.
It also appears to me that we tend to fall in love with
our thoughts about the object. So much so that the
anticipated pleasure of the object itself becomes
satisfying to some extent. To the extent that anger is
directed at whoever tries to introduce a new train of thought.
Of course, this distracted state of mind, where we mentally
"enjoy" the object in advance of actually receiving it is quite
debilitating. We become unable to live in the present. We
cannot concentrate on the task on hand. Nor can we extract
true pleasure from the present activity.
Quite a nasty state of affairs indeed.. all beginning from a
simple "dhyayato..".
Krish Chilukuri
