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काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ
Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritically, self-sufficiently, and arrogantly, cherishing false conceptions founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes.
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| 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 |
These soulless malevolent persons perform cruel and sinful actions. Their minds are saturated with vanity, conceit and arrogance.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Compare divine and destructive dispositions, their actions and consequences without converting the lists into weapons for judging others.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaGiving themselves up to insatiable passion, filled with vanity, pride, and arrogance, adopting bad adjectives due to delusion, and having impure resolves, they engage in actions.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaTurning to insatiable desires, seizing through delusion unjustly acquired wealth, and following impious vows, they act, full of ostentation, pride, and arrogance.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaThese soulless malevolent persons perform cruel and sinful actions. Their minds are saturated with vanity, conceit and arrogance.
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Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritically, self-sufficiently
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arrogantly, cherishing false conceptions founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes
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kāmam: lust
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