Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 63

क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः। स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति।।2.63।।

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati

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Word Meanings

krodhāt—from anger
bhavati—comes
sammohaḥ—clouding of judgement
sammohāt—from clouding of judgement
smṛiti—memory
vibhramaḥ—bewilderment
smṛiti-bhranśhāt—from bewilderment of memory
buddhi-nāśhaḥ—destruction of intellect
buddhi-nāśhāt—from destruction of intellect
praṇaśhyati—one is ruined
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Translation

Anger leads to delusion, which causes loss of memory; this, in turn, leads to the destruction of discrimination, resulting in destruction.

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Commentary

2.63 क्रोधात् from anger? भवति comes? संमोहः delusion? संमोहात् from delusion? स्मृतिविभ्रमः loss of memory? स्मृतिभ्रंशात् from loss of memory? बुद्धिनाशः the destruction of discriminatio? बुद्धिनाशात् from the,destruction of discrimination? प्रणश्यति (he) perishes.Commentary From anger arises delusion. When a man becomes angry he loses his power of discrimination between right and wrong. He will speak and do anything he likes. He will be swept away by the impulse of passion and emotion and will act irrationally.

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