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Memory

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on memory. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 2 • Verse 63 →The Yoga of Knowledge
Krodhad bhavati sammohah sammohat smriti-vibhramah, smriti-bhramshad buddhi-nasho buddhi-nashat pranashyati

From anger comes delusion; from delusion, confused memory; from confused memory, the ruin of reason; from the ruin of reason, one perishes.

  • •Anger destroys discrimination
  • •The downward spiral of negative emotions
  • •Protect your mental clarity
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Chapter 10 • Verse 34 →The Yoga of Divine Glories
Mrityuh sarva-harash caham udbhavash ca bhavishyatam, kirtih shrir vak ca narinam smritir medha dhritih kshama

I am all-devouring death, and I am the origin of all things yet to come. Among feminine qualities I am fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness, and forgiveness. Death, the great equaliser, is not separate from God — even the end of all things is a divine act. The feminine virtues represent the noblest qualities of human character.

  • •Death is not the enemy but a divine expression of God's all-consuming presence
  • •Feminine virtues — memory, forgiveness, steadfastness — are divine in nature
  • •The origin of all future possibilities rests entirely in the Lord
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