क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः ।स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥
krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛtivibhramaḥ |smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśāt praṇaśyati ||
- क्रोधात् · krodhāt
- from anger
- भवति · bhavati
- arises
- सम्मोहः · sammohaḥ
- delusion, confusion
- सम्मोहात् · sammohāt
- from delusion
- स्मृतिविभ्रमः · smṛtivibhramaḥ
- bewilderment of memory
- स्मृतिभ्रंशात् · smṛtibhraṃśāt
- from the loss of memory
- बुद्धिनाशः · buddhināśaḥ
- destruction of understanding
- बुद्धिनाशात् · buddhināśāt
- from the destruction of understanding
- प्रणश्यति · praṇaśyati
- one perishes, is ruined
“From anger comes delusion; from delusion, bewilderment of memory; from loss of memory, destruction of understanding — and from destruction of understanding, one perishes.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chain completes: anger → confusion → forgetting → ruin. Note the hinge is memory (smṛti): anger makes us forget who we are, and a self-forgotten person cannot choose wisely. The whole descent, from brooding to ruin, runs in two verses — memorize the sequence.
— Reader's notes (original)