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

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 2, Verse 63
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Sanskrit to English Translation

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

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: anger leading to delusion, delusion to lost memory, lost memory to collapsed judgment, is an old and exact description of talking yourself into something you'll later not recognize as your own choice.

In life: decisions made in anger often feel unrecognizable to the person who made them once the anger has passed.

Teaching: build in a pause before acting on anger specifically, since this chain shows judgment is the first casualty, not the last.

krodhātfrom anger
bhavaticomes
sammohaḥclouding of judgement
sammohātfrom clouding of judgement
smṛitimemory
vibhramaḥbewilderment
smṛiti-bhranśhātfrom bewilderment of memory
buddhi-nāśhaḥdestruction of intellect
buddhi-nāśhātfrom destruction of intellect
praṇaśhyatione is ruined

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
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.