Chapter 2 · The Yoga of Analysis

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोह: सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रम: स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति

krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (10 words)

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Krishna continues the chain to its end: from anger comes delusion, from delusion comes bewilderment of memory, from that the ruin of intellect, and from ruined intellect, one is completely lost. What began with a passing thought ends in total collapse.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:This verse traces total collapse back to something as small as a passing thought — the scale of the chain is the real warning.