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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 18

Divine and Demoniac Natures

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः।मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः

ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ cha sanśhritāḥ mām ātma-para-deheṣhu pradviṣhanto ’bhyasūyakāḥ

What does Bhagavad Gita 16.18 mean?

Given over to egotism, force, arrogance, desire, and anger, these envious ones hate Me dwelling in their own and others' bodies.

Word-by-word meaning

ahankāram—egotism · balam—strength · darpam—arrogance · kāmam—desire · krodham—anger · cha—and · sanśhritāḥ—covered by · mām—me · ātma-para-deheṣhu—within one’s own and bodies of others · pradviṣhantaḥ—abuse · abhyasūyakāḥ—the demoniac

detachmentdeathangerminddesirestrength

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