Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.37
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.37 · 3 · Verse 37
Sanskrit Original
।।3.37।।यस्तु बलवान् प्रवर्तकः स एष कामः। क्रोधोऽप्येष एव तज्जन्यत्वात्।कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते 2।62 इति ह्युक्तम्। यत्रापि गुरुनिन्दादिनिमित्तः क्रोधः तत्रापि भक्तिनिमित्तानिन्दाकामनिमित्त एव। ये त्वन्यथा वदन्ति ते सङ्गरान्न सूक्ष्मं जानन्ति। उक्तं चऋते कामं न कोपाद्या जायन्ते च कथञ्चन इति। महाशनः महद्धि कामभोग्यम्। महाब्रह्महत्यादिकारणत्वात् महापाप्मा। सर्वपुरुषार्थविरोधित्वाद्वैरीं।
That which is the efficacious instigator is desire; anger too is of the same genus, since anger arises from desire (cf. 2.62). Where anger is caused by blaming a guru, even then it is on account of desire to blame — not devotion. Those who say otherwise do not understand subtle distinctions. It has been said in scripture that neither desire nor anger arises from mere wrath. Great appetite (mahā-śana) looks for great objects of enjoyment; it becomes the cause of great crimes such as fratricide, and thus great sin. It opposes all proper aims of life and becomes an enemy.