krodhÄd bhavati sammohaḥ sammohÄt smá¹›ti-vibhramaḥ smá¹›ti-bhraá¹Å›Äd buddhi-nÄÅ›o buddhi-nÄÅ›Ät praṇaÅ›yati [63]

krodhÄt–From anger; saá¹mohaḥ–delusion; bhavati–occurs. saá¹mohÄt–From delusion; smá¹›ti-vibhramaḥ–forgetfulness of scriptural morality; (bhavati)–occurs. smá¹›ti-bhraá¹ Å›Ät–From forgetfulness; buddhi-nÄÅ›aḥ–loss of truth-seeking intelligence; (bhavati)–occurs.

buddhi-nÄÅ›Ät–From loss of intelligence; (pumÄn)–a person; praṇaÅ›yati–falls into saá¹sÄra, the cycle of birth and death in the material world.

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Anger gives rise to delusion, and the power of delusion causes forgetfulness; forgetfulness destroys the intelligence, and when the intelligence is lost, one loses all.

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