Chapter 2 · Verse 63

Transcendental Knowledge

क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः। स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति

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

Word Meanings

krodhāt bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti vibhramaḥ smṛiti-bhranśhāt buddhi-nāśhaḥ buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati

Translation

From anger arises delusion; from delusion, the confusion of memory; from the confusion of memory, the destruction of intellect; and from the destruction of intellect, one is utterly ruined.

Commentary

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.