Chapter 16, Verse 15
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया। यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः।।16.15।।
āḍhyo'bhijanavānasmi ko'nyo'sti sadṛśo mayā. yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣya ityajñānavimohitāḥ.।16.15।।
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- आढ्यः
- wealthy/rich
- अभिजनवान्
- of high birth/lineage, possessing noble family
- अस्मि
- I am
- कः
- who
- अन्यः
- other
- अस्ति
- is
- सदृशः
- equal, similar
- मया
- to me (instr. of comparison)
- यक्ष्ये
- I shall perform sacrifice
- दास्यामि
- I shall give (charity)
- मोदिष्ये
- I shall rejoice/enjoy
- इति
- thus (quoting their thought)
- अज्ञानविमोहिताः
- deluded by ignorance
Commentary
15. "I am rich and well-born. Who else is equal to me ? I will sacrifice, I will give, I will rejoice." Thus deluded by unwisdom.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कः
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