Chapter 16, Verse 10
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः। मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
kāmamāśritya duṣpūraṃ dambhamānamadānvitāḥ। mohādgṛhītvāsadgrāhānpravartante'śucivratāḥ॥16.10॥
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- कामम् आश्रित्य (kāmam āśritya)
- having resorted to / taken refuge in desire
- दुष्पूरम् (duṣpūram)
- insatiable, hard to fill (modifying 'desire')
- दम्भ-मान-मद-अन्विताः (dambha-māna-mada-anvitāḥ)
- endowed with hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance
- मोहात् (mohāt)
- out of delusion
- गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā)
- having grasped / adopted
- असद्-ग्राहान् (asad-grāhān)
- false notions, wrong or improper ideas/perceptions
- प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante)
- they proceed to act, engage (in their activities)
- अशुचि-व्रताः (aśuci-vratāḥ)
- those whose vows/conduct are impure
Commentary
io. Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding unwhole* some views through delusion, they work with unholy resolve ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कामम् आश्रित्य (kāmam āśritya)
दुष्पूरम् (duṣpūram)
दम्भ-मान-मद-अन्विताः (dambha-māna-mada-anvitāḥ)
मोहात् (mohāt)
गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā)
असद्-ग्राहान् (asad-grāhān)
प्रवर्तन्ते (pravartante)
अशुचि-व्रताः (aśuci-vratāḥ)
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