16.11 चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः
cintām
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,
16.13 इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्
idam
Word meanings
idam—this;adya—today;mayā—by me;labdham—gained;imam—this;prāpsye—I shall acquire;manaḥ-ratham—desire;idam—this;asti—is;idam—this;api—also;me—mine;bhaviṣhyati—in future;punaḥ—again;dhanam—wealth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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'I have gained this today; I will attain this object of my desire in the future; this is mine now; and this wealth will also be mine soon.'
This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;
'This I have gained today, and this desire I shall attain. This wealth is mine, and this also shall be mine hereafter .
'This has been gained by me today; I shall acquire this desired object. This is in hand; again, this wealth also will come to me.'
“This has been gained by me today; this desire I shall obtain; this is mine and this wealth too shall be mine in future.”
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.12 आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्
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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.
