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Bhagavad Gita
The Song of God

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 10

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विता: |
मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रता: || 10||

kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ
mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ

kāmamlust; āśhrityaharboring; duṣhpūraminsatiable; dambhahypocrisy; mānaarrogance; mada-anvitāḥclinging to false tenets; mohātthe illusioned; gṛihītvābeing attracted to; asatimpermanent; grāhānthings; pravartantethey flourish; aśhuchi-vratāḥwith impure resolve

Translation

BG 16.10: Harboring insatiable lust, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, the demoniac cling to their false tenets. Thus illusioned, they are attracted to the impermanent and work with impure resolve.

Commentary

By giving vent to insatiable lustful desires, the demoniac-minded develop terribly impure etheric hearts. They become full of hypocrisy and pretend to be what they are not. Their deluded intellect embraces wrong ideas and their pride makes them believe that nobody is more intelligent than them. Attracted to the fleeting pleasures of sense objects, their intellect becomes mean, selfish, and arrogant. Thus, they disregard the injunctions of the scriptures and go contrary to what is proper and truthful.

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Swami Mukundananda
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