भ्रश्यत्यनुस्मृतिश्चित्तं ज्ञानभ्रंश: स्मृतिक्षये । तद्रोधं कवय: प्राहुरात्मापह्नवमात्मन: ॥ ३१ ॥
bhrasyaty anusmrtis cittam jnana-bhramsah smrti-ksaye tad-rodham kavayah prahur atmapahnavam atmanah
- bhrasyati
- becomes destroyed
- anusmrtih
- constantly thinking
- cittam
- consciousness
- jnana-bhramsah
- bereft of real knowledge
- smrti-ksaye
- by destruction of remembrance
- tat-rodham
- choking that process
- kavayah
- great learned scholars
- prahuh
- have opined
- atma
- of the soul
- apahnavam
- destruction
- atmanah
- of the soul.
When one deviates from his original consciousness, he loses the capacity to remember his previous position or recognize his present one. When remembrance is lost, all knowledge acquired is based on a false foundation. When this occurs, learned scholars consider that the soul is lost.