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Bhagavad Gita 2.62

ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते | सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ||२-६२||

dhyāyato viṣayānpuṃsaḥ saṅgasteṣūpajāyate . saṅgātsañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmātkrodho.abhijāyate ||2-62||

Cover artwork for Bhagavad Gita chapter 2 — Chapter 2 — Krishna begins his counsel on the imperishable Self.

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Swami SivanandaEnglish

2.62 When a man thinks of the objects, attachment for them arises; from attachment desire is born; from desire anger arises.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish

While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises.