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Bhagavad Gita: Understanding One Shloka at a time. (Chp. 2, Verse 63) — HBR Patel
क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोह: सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रम: |
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति || 63||
From anger delusion occurs, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, the spiritual intellect gets destroyed, and when spiritual intelligence is lost, one perishes.
Bhagwan Shri Krishna continues to explain the disadvantages that arise out of material desires. The entire world runs on desires, some are after material things, some desire power, some desire money while some want fame. These desires become the ultimate cause of destruction and Bhagwan Shri Krishna explains this in the above shloka.
Bhagwan Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna that out of materialistic desires, one may face delusion and that delusion will be the cause confusion and lapse of memory which in turn bewildered our memory. Due to this bewildered memory, we will lose the sense of what is right and what is wrong. We lose our spiritual intellect due to…
