Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God - Chapter-2.63: Swami Mukundananda.

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Tuesday 24, September 2024. 06:10.
Srimad Bhagavad Gita:
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yogam:63.
The Yogam of Analytical Knowledge
Swami Mukundananda.

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Slogam-63:

"krodhad bhavati sammohah sammohat smriti-vibhramah

smriti-bhranshad buddhi-nasho buddhi-nashat pranashyati."

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krodhat—from anger; 

bhavati—comes; 

sammohah—clouding of judgement; 

sammohat—from clouding of judgement; 

smriti—memory; 

vibhramah—bewilderment; 

smriti-bhranshat—from bewilderment of memory; 

buddhi-nasah—destruction of intellect; 

buddhi-nashat—from destruction of intellect;

 pranashyati—one is ruined

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Translation:

BG 2.63: 

"Anger leads to clouding of judgment, which results in bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, the intellect gets destroyed; and when the intellect is destroyed, one is ruined."

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Commentary:

Anger impairs judgment, just as the morning mist creates a hazy covering on the sunlight. In anger, people commit mistakes that they later regret, because the intellect gets clouded by the haze of emotions. People say, “He is twenty years elder to me. Why did I speak in this manner to him? What happened to me?” What happened was that the faculty of judgment was affected by anger, and hence the mistake of scolding an elder was made.

When the intellect is clouded, it leads to bewilderment of memory. The person then forgets what is right and what is wrong, and flows along with the surge of emotions. The downward descent continues from there, and bewilderment of memory results in destruction of the intellect. And since the intellect is the internal guide, when it gets destroyed, one is ruined. In this manner, the path of descent from divinity to impiety has been described beginning with contemplation on the sense objects to the destruction of the intellect.

Continued

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