I can't control my anger
Five verses to read slowly, in this order.
- 2.62
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते।
सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate
When one thinks of objects, attachment to them arises; from attachment, desire is born; from desire, anger arises.
saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate - 2.63
क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ
Anger leads to delusion, which causes loss of memory; this, in turn, leads to the destruction of discrimination, resulting in destruction.
smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati - 3.37
काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम् ॥kāma eṣha krodha eṣha rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
The Blessed Lord said, "It is desire and it is anger, both of the quality of Rajas, all-devouring and all-sinful; know this as the foe here in this world."
mahāśhano mahā-pāpmā viddhyenam iha vairiṇam - 16.21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥ
There are three gates to this hell, destructive of the self: lust, anger, and greed; therefore, one should abandon these three.
kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet - 5.26
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥kāma-krodha-viyuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-chetasām
Absolute freedom exists on all sides for those self-controlled ascetics who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thoughts, and who have realized the Self.
abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām