क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः | स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ||२-६३||
krodhādbhavati sammohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ . smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati ||2-63||
Chapter 2 · Verse 63
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
In plain words
You need to understand that anger blinds you, leading to total delusion and a ruined memory. When your memory fails, you lose your intellect and your ability to choose right from wrong. This loss of discrimination destroys your inner peace. By succumbing to anger, you lose your way in maya, the world of illusion, and stray from your spiritual path.
Translation
2.63 From anger there comes delusion; from delusion, the loss of memory; from the loss of memory, the destruction of discrimination; and with the destruction of discrimination, he is lost.
Meaning
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.
Word by word
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.