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2.63 And then a person is lost Krishna speaks

क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति

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

From anger, confusion. From confusion, memory fails. When memory fails, discernment is lost — and when discernment is lost, a person is lost.

Explanation

And then a person is lost.

  • confusion
  • memory fails
  • discernment is lost

The chain that started with dwelling on an object ends with praṇaśyati — destroyed. Note where the failure lands: on memory, which is 15.15's forgetting, and the last thing you would notice going.

Word by word

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