Anger is often justified as strength. But Indian sages see anger as weakness: the inability to contain inner disturbance. Anger burns not the enemy—it burns the one who carries it. Bhaja Govindam: Anger Rooted in Pride Sanskrit Verse मा कुरु धनजनयौवनगर्वं हरति निमेषात्कालः सर्वम्। Do not be proud of wealth, people, or youth—time destroys everything in an instant. Commentary Anger is pride wounded. When ego believes it deserves control, anger erupts when reality refuses. Shankara reminds: time will erase all pride—so why burn in rage? --- Kabir on Anger Hindi Dohā क्रोधी का घर शून्य है, प्रेम बसे न ठौर। Where anger lives, love cannot remain. Commentary Kabir frames anger as spiritual emptiness. The heart filled with rage has no space for the Divine. --- Vemana: Anger as Hell Telugu Saying కోపమె నరకంబు, కోపమె బంధము. Anger itself is hell and bondage. Commentary Vemana does not threaten hell after death. He says anger is hell now.