Shloka 29
The Lord’s Supervision of Embodiment: Fetal Development, Womb-Suffering, and the Jīva’s Prayer (Garbha-stuti) — and the Trap of Māyā
सह देहेन मानेन वर्धमानेन मन्युना । करोति विग्रहं कामी कामिष्वन्ताय चात्मन: ॥ २९ ॥
saha dehena mānena vardhamānena manyunā karoti vigrahaṁ kāmī kāmiṣv antāya cātmanaḥ
As the body grows, so do false pride and swelling anger; driven by lust, the soul creates hostility toward others similarly lustful—bringing ruin upon itself.
In Bhagavad-gītā, Third Chapter, verse 36, Arjuna inquired from Kṛṣṇa about the cause of a living being’s lust. It is said that a living entity is eternal and, as such, qualitatively one with the Supreme Lord. Then what is the reason he falls prey to the material and commits so many sinful activities by the influence of the material energy? In reply to this question, Lord Kṛṣṇa said that it is lust which causes a living entity to glide down from his exalted position to the abominable condition of material existence. This lust circumstantially changes into anger. Both lust and anger stand on the platform of the mode of passion. Lust is actually the product of the mode of passion, and in the absence of satisfaction of lust, the same desire transforms into anger on the platform of ignorance. When ignorance covers the soul, it is the source of his degradation to the most abominable condition of hellish life.
FAQs
This verse explains a chain reaction: as bodily identification increases, pride grows, anger swells, and a lust-driven person quarrels with other sense-enjoyers—resulting in self-destruction.
Kapila is teaching Devahuti sāṅkhya and bhakti—showing how identification with the body breeds pride, which fuels anger and entangles the soul further in material suffering.
Reduce ego-based reactions by watching bodily identification and pride, avoid competitive sense-gratification that breeds quarrel, and redirect desire toward devotional practices (bhakti) that calm anger and purify motives.