Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingक्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः।
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति
krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛiti-vibhramaḥ
smṛiti-bhranśhād buddhi-nāśho buddhi-nāśhāt praṇaśhyati
Anuṣṭubh(!!) irregular in source
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaFrom anger follows delusion; from delusion, a failure of memory; from the failure of memory, the loss of understanding; and from the loss of understanding, one perishes.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
क्रोध से उत्पन्न होता है मोह और मोह से स्मृति विभ्रम। स्मृति के भ्रमित होने पर बुद्धि का नाश होता है और बुद्धि के नाश होने से वह मनुष्य नष्ट हो जाता है।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiक्रोधाद् भवति सम् मोहः
सम् मोहात् स्मृति विभ्रमः
स्मृतिभ् रंशाद् बुद्धि नाशः (!!)
बुद् धिना शात् प्रणश् यति
॥ ६३ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthakrodhātfrom anger
bhavaticomes
sammohaḥclouding of judgement
sammohātfrom clouding of judgement
smṛitimemory
vibhramaḥbewilderment
smṛiti-bhranśhātfrom bewilderment of memory
buddhi-nāśhaḥdestruction of intellect
buddhi-nāśhātfrom destruction of intellect
praṇaśhyatione is ruined
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA2.63From anger onwards — what completes the fall?
From anger follows delusion; from delusion, a failure of memory; from the failure of memory, the loss of understanding; and from the loss of understanding, one perishes.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.