Aaj aapka Sarthi kehta hai…
Gussa aata hai aur ghar ka mahaul kharab ho jaata hai
I get angry and spoil the mood at home
क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति॥
Hindi: Krodh se moh hota hai, moh se smriti bhram, aur smriti bhram se buddhi ka naash ho jaata hai.
English: Anger clouds the mind, a clouded mind forgets what matters, and then good sense is lost.
Arjun ne poochha tha ki sthir buddhi wala insaan kaisa hota hai (2.54). Jawab mein Krishna batate hain ki mann kaise seedhi dar seedhi girta hai: soch se lagaav, lagaav se ichha, ichha se krodh, aur krodh se vinaash.
Gussa achanak nahi aata, seedhi ki tarah aata hai. Yeh shloka us seedhi ka naksha hai. Jo naksha samajh gaya, woh pehli seedhi par hi ruk sakta hai, seeti bajne se pehle.
Katha: Sharma ji ka pressure cooker
Sharma ji, 52, from Jaipur, is a good man with one problem: he blows up like a pressure cooker. Cold tea, a missing TV remote, someone parked in front of his gate, and seeeeeeti! The whole house goes silent. His wife has even nicknamed him "Seeti ji".
One Sunday, after shouting at his son over the remote (which was in his own kurta pocket), Sharma ji sat down feeling small. His wife, without looking up from the peas, told him a story.
Raja Vishwamitra was jealous of Rishi Vashishtha and troubled him again and again in anger. Vashishtha never once shouted back. One night, Vishwamitra hid outside his ashram, ready to attack, and overheard Vashishtha telling his wife, "Vishwamitra jaisa tapasvi aaj koi nahi." The weapon slipped from his hand. He fell at Vashishtha's feet. No army had ever beaten Vishwamitra; one calm sentence did.
"Aur suniye, Seeti ji," she added, "aapka gussa chai se shuru nahi hota. Office se shuru hota hai, aur ghar aakar seeti bajti hai." Sharma ji laughed, because she was right.
You're not an angry person. You're a cooker that needs the gas turned down a little earlier.
- When you feel the steam rising, drink a full glass of water slowly before you say anything.
Mantra: कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय हरये परमात्मने। प्रणतक्लेशनाशाय गोविन्दाय नमो नमः॥ 11 times each night.