I was recently reading the Bhagavad Gita Commentary by Swami Venkatesananda.
Came across these 2 verses(62,63) from chapter 2. Just thought of sharing the same.
When a person thinks of objects, attachment for them arises.
From attachment desire is born.
From desire anger arises.
From anger comes delusion.
From delusion loss of memory.
From loss of memory the destruction of discrimination.
From destruction of discrimination he perishes.
Let me try to explain this with an example. A person loves his car so much(attachment).
From this attachment arises possessiveness (desire). Somebody hits the car on the road.
Now, the owner is angry with the person. Due to this a quarrel happens and the owner gets
into delusion. Due to delusion the owner losses memory (like he can claim it in insurance etc).
From loss of memory there is destruction of discrimination. finally he goes to a pathetic
situation. Solutions are discussed below.
For more readings refer to:
http://dailyreadings.com/Feb_22.htm
http://www.swamivenkatesananda.org/clientuploads/publications_online/song_of_god.pdf
