Ahankar (Ego) Krodh (Gurmukhi: ਕਰੋਧ Karōdha) is derived from the Sanskrit word krodha (क्रोध), which means wrath or rage.
[1][2][3] This is a state of mind recognized in Sikh philosophy as a spring of desire and is as such classified as one of the five evils.
[1] In other places Guru Nanak states, "Kam and krodh dissolve the body as borax melts gold" (GG, 932).
[1] Guru Arjan's instruction on dealing with krodh: "Do not be angry with any one; search your own self and live in the world with humility.
[1] Shaikh Farid, a Muslim saint in-which a substantial portion of hymns authored by him are preserved in the primary Sikh scripture, says in one of his couplets: "O Farid, do good to him who hath done thee evil and do not nurse anger in thy heart; no disease will then afflict thy body and all felicities shall be thine" (GG, 1381–82).