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क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः। स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति।।

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ smṛti-bhraṁśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati

krodhāt (from anger) bhavati (comes) sammohaḥ (perfect delusion) sammohāt (from delusion) smṛti (of memory) vibhramaḥ (bewilderment) smṛti-bhraṁśāt (from loss of memory) buddhi-nāśaḥ (destruction of intelligence) buddhi-nāśāt (from destruction of intelligence) praṇaśyati (one perishes)

From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool.

Kṛṣṇa continues the downward spiral: from anger comes complete delusion. When you are angry, you lose the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. You become ‘blind’ with rage. This delusion leads to the bewilderment of memory—you forget your values, your teachers, and the consequences of your actions. When memory is lost, the ‘buddhi’, or intelligence, is destroyed. You lose the capacity for rational thought. And when intelligence is gone, a person ‘praṇaśyati’—they perish or fall down into the material pool. They are ruined by their own internal chemistry. This is a precise psychological map of how even great people fall. It all starts with a single unchecked thought that leads to anger and eventually to the loss of sanity. Kṛṣṇa is showing Arjuna that his current emotional agitation is the beginning of a very dangerous path.