Chapter 16, Verse 18
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः। मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः।।16.18।।
ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ. māmātmaparadeheṣu pradviṣanto'bhyasūyakāḥ.।16.18।।
Word by word
- अहङ्कारं (ahaṅkāram)
- egotism, self-conceit (accusative object)
- बलं (balam)
- power, physical/military strength (accusative object)
- दर्पं (darpam)
- arrogance, pride (accusative object)
- कामं (kāmam)
- desire, lust (accusative object)
- क्रोधं (krodham)
- anger, wrath (accusative object)
- च (ca)
- and
- संश्रिताः (saṃśritāḥ)
- having resorted to / relying upon (nom. pl., describing the demonic men)
- माम् (mām)
- me (accusative, referring to Krishna as the Self within)
- आत्मपरदेहेषु (ātma-para-deheṣu)
- in their own and others' bodies (locative, compound: ātma = own, para = other, deha = body)
- प्रद्विषन्तः (pradviṣantaḥ)
- hating, despising intensely (present participle, nom. pl.)
- अभ्यसूयकाः (abhyasūyakāḥ)
- malicious fault-finders, envious slanderers (nom. pl.)
Commentary
18. Given over to egotism, power, haughti- ness, lust, and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own and others' bodies.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अहङ्कारं (ahaṅkāram)
बलं (balam)
दर्पं (darpam)
कामं (kāmam)
क्रोधं (krodham)
च (ca)
संश्रिताः (saṃśritāḥ)
माम् (mām)
आत्मपरदेहेषु (ātma-para-deheṣu)
प्रद्विषन्तः (pradviṣantaḥ)
अभ्यसूयकाः (abhyasūyakāḥ)
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