(13) Krodha and Lobha enter

(Krodha and Lobha enter)

KRODHA-

“It has come to my notice that Shaanti, Shraddhaa and Vishnu-Bhakti are acting against His Highness! Huh! When I am alive, how can they do anything disregarding their own welfare? And also-

अन्धीकरोमि भुवनं बधिरीकरोमि

धीरं सचेतनमचेतनतां नयामि

कृत्यं न पश्यति न येन हितं शृणोति

धीमानधीतमपि न प्रतिसंदधाति [29]

I can blind the world! I can deafen them all!

I can make a brave man acting in a controlled way to lose his control!

(When I take hold)

One will not know what the proper way of acting is!

He will not listen to words of advice!

Even a wise man who is well versed in all sciences

will not remember what he has studied!

{Anger rises when desires remain unfulfilled. When anger takes hold, a person is completely deluded and acts like an animal forgetting all that he has studied. He has no control over himself. He does not listen to any good advice. He is blind the consequences of his actions. Blind and deaf and senseless he brings ruin to himself and to all those who belong to him.}

{ध्यायतो  विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते

सङ्गात्सञ्जायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोभिजायते

क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः

स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ||

                                                                                      - Bhagavad Geeta}

LOBHA-

“Aye! When those in my hold cannot even cross over the continuous streams of overflowing desires of the mind, how can they ever have a moment to have ‘Shaanti’ in their minds!

Look Look Friend!

सन्त्येते मम दन्तिनो मदजलप्रम्लानगण्डस्थला

वातव्यायतपातिनश्च तुरगा भूयोsपि लप्स्येsपरान्

एतल्लब्धमिदं लभे पुनरिदं लब्धाधिकं ध्यायतां

चिन्ताजर्जरचेतसां बत नृणां का नाम शान्तेः कथा [30]

‘I own musth elephants which ooze out the temporin fluid from their cheeks.’

‘I own now horses which cover distances with the speed of the winds.

I will again obtain better ones than these.’

‘I have got this much now’. ‘I will obtain another thing too again’.

For these men who continuously think about things more than what they have already,

and whose minds are shattered by worries,

where is the chance of ‘Shaanti’ (Peace) in their lives?!”

KRODHA-

“Friend! You know my powers also!

त्वाष्ट्रं वृत्रमघातयत्सुरपतिश्चन्द्रार्धचूड़ोsच्छिनद्

देवो ब्रह्मशिरो वसिष्टतनयानाघातयत्कौशिक: ||

   The king of Gods (Indra) killed Vritra the son of Tvashtru (architect of heavens).

Lord Shiva who wears the crescent moon on the head sliced off Brahma’s head.

Koushika (Vishvaamitra) killed the sons of Vasishta.

{Tvashtra Prajaapati or VishvaKarman had a son named Tri-Shiras (Vishvaroopa) and a daughter called Sanjnaa. She was married off to the Sun. As she could not bear the severe light of the Sun, her father mounted the Sun on his lathe and trimmed off a bright disc of the Sun and converted that cut off piece into Sudarshana chakra of Vishnu, Trishoola of Shiva and many more weapons of Gods.

Tri-shiras was a Sage and had immense spiritual power. Indra felt insecure and killed off the Sage for no reason. To avenge Indra Tvashtra performed a Sacrifice and out of it came Vritra who was created mainly for the purpose of killing Indra.

He performed penance and got a boon that no known weapon until then could kill him. He could not be killed by anything wet or dry or a weapon made of wood or metal.  Indra wrapped sea-foam around his Vajra weapon and forced dullness into his intellect with the help of Yoga Maayaa; struck him; and killed him.}

And also-

विद्यावन्त्यपि कीर्तिमन्त्यपि सदाचारावदातान्यपि

प्रोच्चैःपौरुषभूषणान्यपि कुलान्युद्धर्तुमीशः क्षणात् [31]

I can bring under my control within a second,

men of great learning, men who are renowned for their virtues,

 men who are endowed with good characters,

and those families adorned by men of great efforts

and considered by all with high regards.”

LOBHA- (calls his wife)

“Trishnaa! Come here!”

{Where there is greed, there is always a desire. Both are inseparable.}