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Bhagavad Gita 2.63 · Krodhad Bhavati Sammohahक्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ

smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati

Sanskrit recitation

2.622.64
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A steady mind in a noisy world · 2.54–2.72 · Teaching

Translation

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

Hindi translation

।।2.62 -- 2.63।। विषयोंका चिन्तन करनेवाले मनुष्यकी उन विषयोंमें आसक्ति पैदा हो जाती है। आसक्तिसे कामना पैदा होती है। कामनासे क्रोध पैदा होता है। क्रोध होनेपर सम्मोह (मूढ़भाव) हो जाता है। सम्मोहसे स्मृति भ्रष्ट हो जाती है। स्मृति भ्रष्ट होनेपर बुद्धिका नाश हो जाता है। बुद्धिका नाश होनेपर मनुष्यका पतन हो जाता है।

Meaning

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.

After Swami Sivananda

A steady mind in a noisy world· 2.54–2.72→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

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

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