ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते ।सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥
dhyāyato viṣayān puṃsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate |saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho 'bhijāyate ||
- ध्यायतः · dhyāyataḥ
- of one dwelling on, brooding over
- विषयान् · viṣayān
- sense-objects
- पुंसः · puṃsaḥ
- of a person
- सङ्गः · saṅgaḥ
- attachment
- तेषु · teṣu
- toward them
- उपजायते · upajāyate
- arises
- सङ्गात् · saṅgāt
- from attachment
- सञ्जायते · sañjāyate
- is born
- कामः · kāmaḥ
- desire, craving
- कामात् · kāmāt
- from desire
- क्रोधः · krodhaḥ
- anger
- अभिजायते · abhijāyate
- arises
“Dwelling on sense-objects, a person develops attachment to them; from attachment springs desire, and from desire arises anger.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chain of bondage begins — and it begins with attention, not action. Brooding (dhyāyataḥ, the same root as meditation) is the doorway: what the mind dwells on, it wedding. The fall from peace starts as a failure of focus.
— Reader's notes (original)