Devanagari
य: समुत्पतितं देह आकाशान्मन्युमुल्बणम् ।
आत्मजिज्ञासया यच्छेत्स गुणानतिवर्तते ॥ १४ ॥
Verse text
yaḥ samutpatitaṁ deha
ākāśān manyum ulbaṇam
ātma-jijṣāsayā yacchet
sa guṇān ativartate
Synonyms
yaḥ
—
anyone who
;
samutpatitam
—
suddenly awakened
;
dehe
—
in the body
;
ākāśāt
—
from the sky
;
manyum
—
anger
;
ulbaṇam
—
powerful
;
ātma
—
jijṣāsayā — by inquiry into spiritual realization or self-realization
;
yacchet
—
subdues
;
saḥ
—
that person
;
guṇān
—
the modes of material nature
;
ativartate
—
transcends .
Translation
One who inquires into self-realization and thus subdues his powerful anger — which awakens suddenly in the body as if falling from the sky — transcends the influence of the modes of material nature.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
He who pacifies powerful anger which appears suddenly in the body by inquiry about the Lord surpasses the guṇas.
“When anger arises, how can one deliberate in this way?” Ākāśāt means suddenly. One should pacify anger by deliberation on the ātmā. One will surpass the guṇas by doing this, but otherwise one will be destroyed by the guṇas. Having spoken the technique of pacification (sāma), he then speaks using the technique of dissension (bheda).
Purport
When one becomes angry, he forgets himself and his situation, but if one is able to consider his situation by knowledge, one transcends the influence of the modes of material nature. One is always a servant of lusty desires, anger, greed, illusion, envy and so forth, but if one obtains sufficient strength in spiritual advancement, one can control them. One who obtains such control will always be transcendentally situated, untouched by the modes of material nature. This is only possible when one fully engages in the service of the Lord. As the Lord says in
Bhagavad-gītā
(14.26)
:
māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa
bhakti-yogena sevate
sa guṇān samatītyaitān
brahma-bhūyāya kalpate
“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the spiritual platform.” By engaging one in devotional service, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement keeps one always transcendental to anger, greed, lust, envy and so forth. One must perform devotional service because otherwise one will become victimized by the modes of material nature.