Bhagavad Gita 2.63
Chapter 2, verse 63
Meaning
Anger clouds the mind, and a clouded mind forgets what it knows matters. When that memory slips, judgement is wrecked, and with judgement gone, the person goes down too.
The Sanskrit
क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः ।
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥ ६३ ॥
krodhād bhavati saṃmohaḥ saṃmohāt smṛtivibhramaḥ
smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśāt praṇaśyati
Say it
kro-dhaad bhuh-vuh-ti sum-mo-huh-hu sum-mo-haat smri-ti-vib-hruh-muh-hu
smri-ti-bhrum-shaad bood-dhi-naa-sho bood-dhi-naa-shaat pruh-nuh-shyuh-ti
Word by word
- krodhāt bhavati saṃmohaḥ
- from anger comes confusion / delusion
- saṃmohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ
- from confusion, memory wavers
- smṛti-bhraṃśāt buddhi-nāśaḥ
- from the loss of memory, the ruin of discernment
- buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati
- with discernment ruined, one is lost
Read it in context: verses 2.61–64How one passing thought becomes a fallWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Catch the slide at the first step
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.63 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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