कलेर्दुर्विषह: क्रोधस्तमस्तमनुवर्तते । तमसा ग्रस्यते पुंसश्चेतना व्यापिनी द्रुतम् ॥ २० ॥
kaler durviṣahaḥ krodhas tamas tam anuvartate tamasā grasyate puṁsaś cetanā vyāpinī drutam
- kaleḥ
- from quarrel
- durviṣahaḥ
- intolerable
- krodhaḥ
- anger
- tamaḥ
- ignorance
- tam
- that anger
- anuvartate
- follows
- tamasā
- by ignorance
- grasyate
- is seized
- puṁsaḥ
- of a man
- cetanā
- the consciousness
- vyāpinī
- broad
- drutam
- swiftly
From quarrel arises intolerable anger, followed by the darkness of ignorance. This ignorance quickly overtakes a man’s broad intelligence.