Krodh

Krodh is derived from the Sanskrit word krodha, which means wrath or Rage. This is an emotion recognized in the Sikh system as a spring of desire and is as such counted as one of the Five Evils.

It expresses itself in several forms from silent sullenness to hysterical tantrums and violence. In Sikh Scripture krodh usually appears in combination with kam — as "kam krodh". The coalescence is not simply for the sake of alliterative effect. Krodh (ire) is the direct progeny of kam (desire). The latter when thwarted or jilted produces the former. The Scripture also counts krodh (or its synonym kop) among the four rivers of fire.

Violence, attachment, covetousness and wrath," says Guru Nanak "are like four rivers of fire; those who fall in them burn, and can swim across, O Nanak, only through God's grace" (GG, 147). Elsewhere he says, "Kam and krodh dissolve the body as borax melts gold" (GG, 932). Guru Arjan, Nanak V, censures krodh in these words: "O krodh, thou enslavest sinful men and then caperest around them like an ape."

Krodh (film)

Krodh is a 2000 Indian Bollywood film directed and produced by Ashok Honda. It stars Sunil Shetty and Rambha in the lead roles. The film is a remake of the 1996 Malayalam film Hitler, starring Mammootty and Shobhana.

Cast

Plot

Short-tempered Karan has the responsibility of looking after five younger sisters, and he does so with dedication, affection, and diligence. When the time comes get his sisters married, he decides to arrange marriages for them one by one. But things didn't go quite well for the first sister, Asha, resulting in bitterness alround. Then the second sister, Seema, falls in love with Raj Verma, whom Karan dislikes, and will not permit Seema to meet, leave alone marry. It does not help matters when their father, a former convict, Balwant, is shot by rival gangsters and is hospitalized. Karan goes to see his dying dad, and from him learn the secret that would change his life and outlook forever.