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Of the twin of Desire and Anger, desire has the
form of ambaaL’s noose (pAshaM). When you talk of ‘yama-pAshaM’ it is the
noose. When you talk of mother’s pAshaM (tAip-pAshaM, in Tamil) it is her
attachment and affection and therefore her concern, her desire (AshA). It is
the desire that binds us. It binds us
like a rope.
Anger has the form of ambaaL’s goad. Anger pierces you like a goad. But it does not
pierce the other man on whom you are angry. He may go away just like that,
indifferently. Our anger pierces only
ourselves. The pierce of the goad will be felt by us only. And we hurt
ourselves. Modern science tells us how
energy is wasted during anger and how much. What is more interesting is
the further scientific fact - with which our scriptures agree - that whereas we
exhibit anger (krodhaM) at something we don’t like and thus waste energy, the
energy loss is more while we like something, desire it and happily indulge in that desire (kAmaM). In fact, Desire is the
‘hita-shatru’ - enemy in the disguise of
a friend.
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