16.8 असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्
asatyam
Word meanings
asatyam—without absolute truth;apratiṣhṭham—without any basis;te—they;jagat—the world;āhuḥ—say;anīśhvaram—without a God;aparaspara—without cause;sambhūtam—created;kim—what;anyat—other;kāma-haitukam—for sexual gratification only
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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They say that this world is without truth; has no basis; and has no Lord; this is not born on the basis of the mutual cause-and-effect-relation [of the things]; it has nothing [beyond] and has no cause.
They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else.
They maintain: 'The universe is without truth, without any foundation and without a Lord (Isvara). What else can exist without mutual causation? It has lust for its cause.'
They say that the world is unreal, it has no basis, it is without a God. It is born of mutual union brought about by passion! What other (cause can there be)?
They say: “This universe is without truth, without a (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?”
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.
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.9 एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः
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Word meanings
etām—such;dṛiṣhṭim—views;avaṣhṭabhya—holding;naṣhṭa—misdirected;ātmānaḥ—souls;alpa-buddhayaḥ—of small intellect;prabhavanti—arise;ugra—cruel;karmāṇaḥ—actions;kṣhayāya—destruction;jagataḥ—of the world;ahitāḥ—enemies
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Clinging to this view, the inauspicious men of ruined souls, poor intellect, and cruel deeds strive to destroy the world.
Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy.
Holding this view, these men of lost souls and feeble understanding do cruel deeds for the destruction of the world.
Holding on to this view, (these people) who are of depraved character, of poor intellect, given to fearful actions and harmful, wax strong for the ruin of the world.
Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellects and fierce deeds, come forth as enemies of the world for its destruction.
