16.10 काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः
kāmam
Word meanings
kāmam—lust;āśhritya—harboring;duṣhpūram—insatiable;dambha—hypocrisy;māna—arrogance;mada-anvitāḥ—clinging to false tenets;mohāt—the illusioned;gṛihītvā—being attracted to;asat—impermanent;grāhān—things;pravartante—they flourish;aśhuchi-vratāḥ—with impure resolve
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Holding to their insatiable desires, being possessed by hypocrisy, avarice, and pride, and holding evil intentions, these cruel men wander with impure resolves.
Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant, cherishing false conception founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes.
Turning to insatiable desires, seizing through delusion unjustly acquired wealth, and following impious vows, they act, full of ostentation, pride and arrogance.
Giving themselves up to insatiable passion, filled with vanity, pride and arrogance, adopting bad objectives due to delusion, and having impure resolves, they engage in actions.
Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they work with impure resolves.
16.12 आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्
āśā
Word meanings
āśhā-pāśha—bondage of desires;śhataiḥ—by hundreds;baddhāḥ—bound;kāma—lust;krodha—anger;parāyaṇāḥ—dedicated to;īhante—strive;kāma—lust;bhoga—gratification of the senses;artham—for;anyāyena—by unjust means;artha—wealth;sañchayān—to accumulate
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Bound by hundreds of ropes of longing, devoted to their desire and anger, they seek, by unjust means, hoards of wealth for the gratification of their desires.
Caught in the toils of a hundred vain hopes, the slaves of passion and wrath, they accumulate hoards of unjust wealth, only to pander to their sensual desire.
Bound by hundreds of fetters of hopes, given over to desire and anger, they strive unjustly to gather wealth for the gratification of their desires.
Bound by hundreds of shackles in the form of hope, giving themselves wholly to passion and anger, they endeavour to amass wealth through foul means for the enjoyment of desirable objects.
Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain by unlawful means hoards of wealth for sensual enjoyment.
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.11 चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः
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Word meanings
chintām—anxieties;aparimeyām—endless;cha—and;pralaya-antām—until death;upāśhritāḥ—taking refuge;kāma-upabhoga—gratification of desires;paramāḥ—the purpose of life;etāvat—still;iti—thus;niśhchitāḥ—with complete assurance
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Adhering to their ultimate and unending anxiety; viewing the gratification of their desires as their highest goal; believing that this is all that exists;
Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;
Obsessed by unlimited cares which end with dissolution, looking upon enjoyment of desires as their highest aim, and convinced that this is all;
Beset with innumerable cares which end (only) with death, holding that the enjoyment of desirable objects is the highest goal, feeling sure that this is all.
Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares ending only with death, regarding gratification of lust as their highest aim, and feeling sure that that is all,
