Bhagavad Gita · 16.18
॥
Devanāgarī
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः ।
मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca saṁśritāḥ |
mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto 'bhyasūyakāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अहङ्कारम् बलम् दर्पम्ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpamin false ego, power, arrogance.
कामम् क्रोधम् चkāmaṁ krodhaṁ cain lust and anger.
संश्रिताःsaṁśritāḥhaving taken shelter.
माम्māmMe.
आत्मपरदेहेषुātma-para-deheṣuin their own (ātma) and in others’ (para) bodies.
प्रद्विषन्तःpradviṣantaḥhating.
अभ्यसूयकाःabhyasūyakāḥenvying.
Translation
“Taking shelter in false ego, power, arrogance, lust, and anger, these demonic people come to hate and envy Me, who dwell within their own bodies as well as within the bodies of others.”
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