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.
16.14 असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि।ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी
asau mayā hataḥ śatrur
Word meanings
asau—that;mayā—by me;hataḥ—has been destroyed;śhatruḥ—enemy;haniṣhye—I shall destroy;cha—and;aparān—others;api—also;īśhvaraḥ—God;aham—I;aham—I;bhogī—the enjoyer;siddhaḥ—powerful;aham—I;bala-vān—powerful;sukhī—happy
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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'I have slain that enemy; and I shall slay others too; I am the Lord; I am a man of pleasure; I am victorious, powerful, and content.'
I have slain one enemy, I will slay the others also; I am worthy to enjoy, I am the Almighty, I am perfect, powerful and happy;
'This enemy is slain by me; and others also I shall slay. I am the Lord, I am the enjoyer, I am successful, I have strength, I have happiness.
'That enemy has been killed by me, and I shall kill others as well. I am the lord, I am the enjoyer, I am well-established, mighty and happy.'
“That enemy has been slain by me and others also I shall slay. I am the lord; I enjoy; I am perfect, powerful and happy”.
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.13 इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्
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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.”
