[5] Krodha ("anger") is excessive mental turmoil on account of obstacles interfering with the gratification of some desire; it is manifestation of the quality of tamas (dark, negative, destructive), an undesirable psychological state.
[7] Dharma relies on akrodha, because it creates an environment of serenity, a rational principle of life, and because it is a moral virtue inspired by love.
[9] The Naradaparivrajaka Upanishad states the nature of akrodha for a person who seeks self-knowledge and liberation (kaivalya) as follows: All cruel words should be endured.
Only soft words should be spoken, even when violently pulled by another.Akrodha, states Manickam[clarification needed],[11] is related to the concept sahya (Sanskrit: सह्य) in the Upanishads.
Never utter sinful and burning words as may give pain to others.In Vana Parva, the Mahabharata states:[13] Anger is in this world, the root of the destruction of mankind.
Beholding these evils, anger must be conquered.In Shanti Parva, the Mahabharata states:[14] That Yogin who is freed from attachment and pride, who transcends all pairs of opposites such as pleasure and pain, who never gives way to wrath or hate, who never speaks an untruth, who though slandered or struck still shows friendship for the slanderer or the striker, who never thinks of doing ill to others, who restrains these three, viz.
speech, acts and mind, and who behaves uniformly towards all creatures, succeeds in approaching Brahman (true self).The Bhagavad Gita (Slokas XVI.1–3), in the Mahabharata, gives a list of twenty-six divine attributes beginning with abhayam ("fearlessness") and sattva sansuddhih ("purity of mind"), ending with adroha ("bearing enmity to none") and naatimaanita ("absence of arrogance"), and including akrodha:[15] Manu listed akrodha among the ten primary virtues.
The other nine are: dhriti (patience), kshama (forgiveness), damah (temperance), asteya (non-stealing), shaucham (purity), indriyaigraha (freedom from sensual craving), dhi (reason), vidya (knowledge), and satyam (truth).
These four yamas are – non-injury, celibacy, truthfulness, and non-stealing; the niyamas consist of non-irritability (akrodha), attendance on the teachers, purity, lightness of diet, and carefulness (apramada).