Bhagavad Gita · 16.10
॥
Devanāgarī
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।
मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kāmam āśritya duṣpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ |
mohād gṛhītvāsad-grāhān pravartante 'śuci-vratāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कामम्kāmamin lust.
आश्रित्यāśrityahaving taken shelter.
दुष्पूरम्duṣpūraminsatiable.
दम्भमानमदान्विताःdambha-māna-mada-anvitāḥfilled with hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance.
मोहात्mohātout of illusion.
गृहीत्वाgṛhītvāhaving adopted.
असद्ग्राहान्asat-grāhānfalse (asat) doctrines, ideas (grāhān).
प्रवर्तन्तेpravartantethey act.
अशुचिव्रताःaśuci-vratāḥthose whose vows (vratāḥ) are impure (aśuci).
Translation
“Taking shelter in insatiable lust, filled with hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, and remaining in illusion, they adopt false doctrines and devote themselves to impure vows.”
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