16.16 अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः।प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ
aneka
Word meanings
aneka—many;chitta—imaginings;vibhrāntāḥ—led astray;moha—delusion;jāla—mesh;samāvṛitāḥ—enveloped;prasaktāḥ—addicted;kāma-bhogeṣhu—gratification of sensuous pleasures;patanti—descend;narake—to hell;aśhuchau—murky
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Endowed with many thoughts, highly confused, enslaved by their delusion, and addicted to the gratification of desires, they fall into the hellish and foul.
Perplexed by discordant thoughts, entangled in the snares of desire, infatuated by passion, they sink into the horrors of hell.
Bewildered by many thoughts, ensnared by the net of delusion, addicted to sensual enjoyments, they fall into a foul Naraka.
Bewildered by numerous thoughts, caught in the net of delusion, (and) engrossed in the enjoyment of desirable objects, they fall into a foul hell.
Bewildered by many a fancy, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the gratification of lust, they fall into a foul hell.
16.18 अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः।मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः
ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ | mām
Word meanings
ahankāram—egotism;balam—strength;darpam—arrogance;kāmam—desire;krodham—anger;cha—and;sanśhritāḥ—covered by;mām—me;ātma-para-deheṣhu—within one’s own and bodies of others;pradviṣhantaḥ—abuse;abhyasūyakāḥ—the demoniac
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Clinging fast to egotism, force, pride, craving, and anger, these envious people hate Me in the bodies of their own and of others.
Puffed up by power and inordinate conceit, swayed by lust and wrath, these wicked people hate Me Who am within them, as I am within all.
Depending on their egoism, power and pride, and also of desire and wrath, these malicious men hate Me in their own bodies and in those of others.
Resorting to egotism, power, arrogance, passion and anger, hating Me in their own and others' bodies, (they become) [As the finite verb is missing in the verse, we have supplied 'they become'. S. adds the verb prabhavanti, wax strong, from verse 9, and constructs the last portion thus: '৷৷.the envious ones wax strong.' Following S. S., however, one may combine this verse with the preceding verse by taking 'perform sacrifices' as the finite verb.-Tr.'] envious by nature.
Given over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own bodies and those of others.
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.17 आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः।यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्
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Word meanings
ātma-sambhāvitāḥ—self-conceited;stabdhāḥ—stubborn;dhana—wealth;māna—pride;mada—arrogance;anvitāḥ—full of;yajante—perform sacrifice;nāma—in name only;yajñaiḥ—sacrifices;te—they;dambhena—ostentatiously;avidhi-pūrvakam—with no regards to the rules of the scriptures
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and arrogance of wealth, they pretend to perform sacrifices hypocritically, not following the injunctions of the Vedas.
Self-conceited, stubborn, rich, proud and insolent, they make a display of their patronage, disregarding the rules of decency.
Self-conceited, self-sufficient, possessed of the intoxication of wealth and pride, they perform sacrifices in name only, with ostentation and not according to the injunctions of the Sastras.
Self-conceited, haughty, filled with pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices which are so in name only, with ostentation and regardless of the injunctions.
Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the intoxication and pride of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name, through ostentation, contrary to scriptural ordinances.
