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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 10

Divine and Demoniac Natures

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः

kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ

What does Bhagavad Gita 16.10 mean?

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.

Word-by-word meaning

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

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