Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]From anger arises delusion; from delusion, loss of memory; from loss of memory, destruction of the intellect; and from the destruction of the intellect one is utterly lost.
BG 2.63
क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः । स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥
krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ | smṛti-bhraṃśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati ||
"Anger → delusion → memory loss → intellect destroyed → total ruin. Know this chain before it starts."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]From anger comes delusion; from delusion, the wandering of memory; from the wandering of memory, loss of understanding; from loss of understanding he perishes.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]From anger arises confusion; from confusion, wandering of memory; from wandering of memory, loss of reason; and from loss of reason everything falls to ruin.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]Wrath breeds fierce folly; folly brings forgetfulness Of lessons well-learned; loss of memory Usurps the mind; when that is gone, the man Is ruined: fallen from the height he stood.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]From anger arises delusion, from delusion wandering of memory, from wandering of memory destruction of the understanding; on destruction of understanding he perishes.