26. Anger paves the way for delusion to develop; delusion leads to bewilderment of memory; a bewildered memory weakens intellect and intelligence; loss of intellect leads to loss of knowledge and revival of attachment to material world.
Verse 2.63 From attachment springs desire, and from desire ensues anger (due to frustration of lust) and lust begets weakening of memory, which leads to loss of intellect and intelligence, and that in turn leads to ruin.
krodhaad bhavati sammohah, sammohaat smriti-vibhramah
smriti-bhramshaad buddhi-naasho, buddhi-naashaat pranashyati
27. Free from all attachment and aversion, the mind gets disconnected from the senses and sense objects and hence from sensual pleasure and pain, the Self is able to connect to the Supreme Truth or Personality.
Verse 2.64 A person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control his senses can obtain the perception of the Supreme Personality of Truth.
raga-dvesa-vimuktais tu visayan indriyais caran
atma-vasyair vidheyatma prasadam adhigacchati
28.Miseries of material existence no longer exists for an attachment-free and aversion-free intellect with mind under its complete control gets connected to and soon gets established itself in the Ultimate Truth / Knowledge
Verse 2.65 For such a person whose Self is able to connect to the Supreme Truth, the miseries of material existence no longer exists; in such state of satisfied consciousness, the person’s intellect soon get firmly established in the Ultimate Truth.
prasade sarva-duhkhanam hanir asyopajayate
prasanna-cetaso hy asu buddhih paryavatisthate
29. A person who is delinked from stability of mind and intellect being incapable to perceive the Ultimate Truth cannot attain even peace: for such a person achieving the ultimate happiness does not arise.
Verse 2.66 Spiritual intellect cannot establish itself with out a mind disciplined in Yoga: without a steady (yoga) state of intellect and mind, it is not possible to realize the Ultimate Truth. So, a person not established in the Yoga state of steady mind and intellect and therefore unable to realize the Ultimate Truth cannot achieve even peace, not to speak of achieving happiness.
naasti buddhirayuktasya na chaayuktasya bhaavanaa
na chaabhaavayatah shaantirashaantasya kutah sukham
30. A person’s intellect can drift without any direction when it is linked to a wandering, sense-driven mind just as the ship floating in water is carried by the wandering wind.
Verse 2.67 Just as the ship floating on the water is drifted away by the wind, the intellect floating on the mind is drifted away by a mind engrossed in any one or more of the wandering senses,
indriyaanaam hi charataam yanmano'nu vidheeyate
tadasya harati prajnaam vaayurnaavami vaambhasi
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