जहाँ दया वहां धर्म है

जहाँ दया वहां धर्म है, जहाँ लोभ तहं पाप | जहाँ क्रोध वहां काल है, जहाँ क्षमा वहं आप ||

Where there is compassion there is dharma,where there is greed there is sin;where there is anger there is death and where forgiveness is, there is God

When the Kleshas or afflictions remain at the root of actions the result is birth, age and experience of life.The quality of these three i.e. birth,age and experience depend upon the virtue and vice or punya and paap in ones actions.Hence greed and anger have bad results and mercy and forgiveness have good results.Ignorance is the principal affliction of the mind and results in the above three consequences.ignorance of the ultimate reality of Absolute consciousness leads to anger and if we can remove this ignorance and so win over anger,the ensuing absence of afflictions will lead to yoking with God and therefore here kshama or forgiveness plays an important contextual role in eliminating anger.Compassion also helps the same process of avoiding the effects of ignorance like greed , anger,attachment and desire.

However compassion and forgiveness will come into play only by the practice of तप, स्वाध्याय , ईश्वर प्रणिधान or austerity and control,proper studies of scriptures and devotion and faith in God.

Arvind Mishra