Word meanings
- krodhāt
- from anger
- bhavati
- comes
- sammohaḥ
- clouding of judgement
- sammohāt
- from clouding of judgement
- smṛti
- memory
- vibhramaḥ
- bewilderment
- smṛti-bhranśāt
- from bewilderment of memory
- buddhi-nāśaḥ
- destruction of intellect
- buddhi-nāśāt
- from destruction of intellect
- praṇaśyati
- one is ruined
Translations
Anger leads to delusion, which causes loss of memory; this, in turn, leads to the destruction of discrimination, resulting in destruction.
Anger induces delusion; delusion leads to loss of memory; loss of memory results in the shattering of reason; and the destruction of reason leads to destruction.
From anger follows delusion; from delusion, a failure of memory; from the failure of memory, the loss of understanding; and from the loss of understanding, one perishes.
।।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।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.