Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol V-Rr-edit.pub - Ahobilavalli

Perhaps the best example of His control over anger is the incident where sage
bRghu kicked Him on His chest, and in response, bhagavAn calmly comforted
the sage's foot (and, of course, in the process killed the ahamkAra of the
sage).
Lord kRshNa describes how anger develops in us, and the consequences of not
controlling anger:
dhyAyato vishyAn pumsaHsa'ngas-teshUpajAyate |
sa'ngAtsa'njAyate kAmaH kAmAt krodho'bhijAyate ||
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(gItA 2.62)
"To a man thinking about sense-objects, there arises attachment to them;
from attachment arises desire, and from desire arises anger".
krodhAt bhavati sammohaH sammohAtsmRti-vibhramaH |
smRt-bhramSAtbuddhi-nASo buddhi-nASAt praNaSyati ||
(gItA 2.63)
"From anger, there comes delusion; from delusion, the loss of memory; from
loss of memory, the destruction of the ability to discriminate; and with the
destruction of discrimination, he is lost (that is, he gets deeper and deeper
into actions that sink him into the ocean of samsAra)".
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri notes that there are times when bhagavAn forces
Himself to become angry, especially if the offense is such that the subject
needs to be punished; but in these cases, He gets His anger under control as
soon as the object of anger is achieved. One such case is when samudra rAjan
did not respond to His 'request' for assistance during the crossing of the
ocean to SrI la'nkA.
SrI SAstri points to another nAma that has a similar interpretation – jitakrodhaH
(Slokam 49, nAma 463), and distinguishes between three terms–
manyu, kopam, and krodham. manyu is the state where one feels anger at the
mental level, but this has not found externally visible expression. Kopam is the
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