Chapter 16, Verse 11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः। कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
cintāmaparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ. kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ..16.11..
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- चिन्ताम् (chintām)
- anxiety, care, worry (accusative singular)
- अपरिमेयाम् (aparimeyām)
- immeasurable, boundless, limitless
- च (cha)
- and
- प्रलयान्ताम् (pralaya-antām)
- ending only at death/dissolution (compound: pralaya = death/destruction, antām = ending in)
- उपाश्रिताः (upāśritāḥ)
- having resorted to, given over to, clinging to (nominative plural, referring to the demonic people)
- कामोपभोगपरमाः (kāma-upabhoga-paramāḥ)
- regarding sensual enjoyment of desires as the supreme goal (compound: kāma = desire, upabhoga = enjoyment, paramāḥ = supreme/highest)
- एतावत् (etāvat)
- this much, this is all (there is)
- इति (iti)
- thus (marking the preceding as a quoted thought/conclusion)
- निश्चिताः (niśchitāḥ)
- convinced, certain, having concluded (nominative plural)
Commentary
ii. Beset with immense cares ending only with death, sensual enjoyment their highest aim, assured that that is all f ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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चिन्ताम् (chintām)
अपरिमेयाम् (aparimeyām)
च (cha)
प्रलयान्ताम् (pralaya-antām)
उपाश्रिताः (upāśritāḥ)
कामोपभोगपरमाः (kāma-upabhoga-paramāḥ)
एतावत् (etāvat)
इति (iti)
निश्चिताः (niśchitāḥ)
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