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BG 2.63

क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति

krodhādbhavati saṃmohaḥ sammohātsmṛtivibhramaḥ
smṛtibhraṃśādbuddhināśo buddhināśātpraṇaśyati

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

‘From the loss of memory there comes the destruction of discrimination.’ The meaning is that there will be destruction of the effect of efforts made earlier to attain the knowledge of the self. From the destruction of discrimination, one becomes lost, i.e., is sunk in Samsara or worldliness.