This is the daily reading selection from Bhagvadgita from उत्थान पथ (Path to a Spiritual High) for Thursdays. You’ll remember related discussion for chapter 16- दैवासुर सम्पद विभाग योग (Classification between Divine and Demoniacal Qualities). Like an experienced counselor, the Lord gives us a positive role model to follow, lists the traits to avoid and highlights the need for ‘Anger Management’.

देवता और असुर
devatā aura asura

अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिर्ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः।
दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम्‌॥ १६-१॥
abhayaṁ sattvasaṁśuddhirjñānayogavyavasthitiḥ |
dānaṁ damaśca yajñaśca svādhyāyastapa ārjavam || 16-1||

अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्‌।
दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्‌॥ १६-२॥
ahiṁsā satyamakrodhastyāgaḥ śāntirapaiśunam |
dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam || 16-2||

तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता।
भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत॥ १६-३॥
tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucamadroho nātimānitā |
bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīmabhijātasya bhārata || 16-3||

भय-हीनता दम सत्त्व की संशुद्धि दृढ़ता ज्ञान की॥
तन-मन सरलता यज्ञ तप स्वाध्याय सात्त्विक दान भी॥ १६। १॥
bhaya-hīnatā dama sattva kī saṁśuddhi dṛṛhatā jñāna kī ||
tana-mana saralatā yajña tapa svādhyāya sāttvika dāna bhī || 16| 1 ||

मृदुता अहिंसा सत्य करुणा शान्ति क्रोध-विहीनता॥
लज्जा अचंचलता अनिन्दा त्याग तृष्णाहीनता॥ १६। २॥
mṛdutā ahiṁsā satya karuṇā śānti krodha-vihīnatā ||
lajjā acaṁcalatā anindā tyāga tṛṣṇāhīnatā || 16| 2 ||

धृति तेज पावनता क्षमा अद्रोह मान-विहीनता॥
ये चिन्ह उनके पार्थ जिनको प्राप्त दैवी-सम्पदा॥ १६। ३॥
dhṛti teja pāvanatā kṣamā adroha māna-vihīnatā ||
ye cinha unake pārtha jinako prāpta daivī-sampadā || 16| 3 ||

Fearlessness, singleness of soul, the will
Always to strive for wisdom; opened hand
And governed appetites; and piety,
And love of lonely study; humbleness,
Uprightness, heed to injure nought which lives,
Truthfulness, slowness unto wrath, a mind
That lightly letteth go what others prize;
And equanimity, and charity
Which spieth no man’s faults; and tenderness
Towards all that suffer; a contented heart,
Fluttered by no desires; a bearing mild,
Modest, and grave, with manhood nobly mixed,
With patience, fortitude, and purity;
An unrevengeful spirit, never given
To rate itself too high;- such be the signs,
O Indian Prince! of him whose feet are set
On that fair path which leads to heavenly birth!

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।
अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्‌॥ १६-४॥
dambho darpo’bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca |
ajñānaṁ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm || 16-4||

मद मान मिथ्याचार क्रोध कठोरता अज्ञान भी॥
ये आसुरी सम्पत्ति में जन्मे हु पाते सभी॥ १६। ४॥
mada māna mithyācāra krodha kaṭhoratā ajñāna bhī ||
ye āsurī sampatti meṁ janme hue pāte sabhī || 16| 4 ||

Deceitfulness, and arrogance, and pride,
Quickness to anger, harsh and evil speech,
And ignorance, to its own darkness blind,-
These be the signs, My Prince! of him whose birth
Is fated for the regions of the vile.

त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्‌॥ १६-२१॥
trividhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśanamātmanaḥ |
kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṁ tyajet || 16-21||

ये काम लालच क्रोध तीनों ही नरक के द्वार हैं॥
इस हेतु तीनों आत्म-नाशक त्याज्य सर्व प्रकार हैं॥ १६। २१॥
ye kāma lālaca krodha tīnoṁ hī naraka ke dvāra haiṁ ||
isa hetu tīnoṁ ātma-nāśaka tyājya sarva prakāra haiṁ || 16| 21 ||

The Doors of Hell
Are threefold, whereby men to ruin pass,-
The door of Lust, the door of Wrath, the door
Of Avarice. Let a man shun those three!

क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्‌ बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति॥ २-६३॥
krodhādbhavati sammohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ |
smṛtibhraṁśād buddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati || 2-63||

फिर क्रोध से है मोह सुधि को मोह करता भ्रष्ट है।
यह सुधि ग फिर बुद्धि विनशे बुद्धि-विनशे नष्ट है॥ २। ६३॥
phira krodha se hai moha sudhi ko moha karatā bhraṣṭa hai |
yaha sudhi gae phira buddhi vinaśe buddhi-vinaśe naṣṭa hai || 2| 63||

Desire flames to fierce passion, passion breeds
Recklessness; then the memory- all betrayed-
Lets noble purpose go, and saps the mind,
Till purpose, mind, and man are all undone.

शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्‍शरीरविमोक्षणात्‌।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः॥ ५-२३॥
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṁ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt |
kāmakrodhodbhavaṁ vegaṁ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ || 5-23||

जो काम-क्रोधावेग सहता है मरण पर्यन्त ही।
संसार में योगी वही नर सुख सदा पाता वही॥ ५। २३॥
jo kāma-krodhāvega sahatā hai maraṇa paryanta hī |
saṁsāra meṁ yogī vahī nara sukha sadā pātā vahī || 5| 23||

But if a man shall learn,
Even while he lives and bears his body’s chain,
To master lust and anger, he is blest!
He is the Yukta; he hath happiness.

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Hindi Verse translation in the above post is taken from Shri Hari Gita by Pandit. Deenanatha Bhargava Dinesh. English Verse translation in the above post is taken from Song Celestial by Sir Edwin Arnold the Sanskrit Documents website.