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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 12

Divine and Demoniac Natures

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्

āśhā-pāśha-śhatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañchayān

What does Bhagavad Gita 16.12 mean?

Caught in the toils of a hundred vain hopes, enslaved by passion and wrath, they accumulate hoards of unjust wealth, only to indulge their sensual desires.

Word-by-word meaning

āśhā-pāśha—bondage of desires · śhataiḥ—by hundreds · baddhāḥ—bound · kāma—lust · krodha—anger · parāyaṇāḥ—dedicated to · īhante—strive · kāma—lust · bhoga—gratification of the senses · artham—for · anyāyena—by unjust means · artha—wealth · sañchayān—to accumulate

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