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Bhagavad Gita 16.10

Chapter 16: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga (Divine and Demonic Qualities) · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥

kāmamāśritya duṣpūraṃ dambhamānamadānvitāḥ |mohādgṛhītvāsadgrāhānpravartante'śucivratāḥ ||

Meaning of Gita 16.10 in English

Taking shelter in desires that can never be satisfied, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, and holding false ideas out of confusion, such people act with impure intentions.

गीता 16.10 का हिंदी अर्थ

कभी न भरने वाली कामनाओं का सहारा लेकर, दिखावे, मान और मद से भरे हुए, और भ्रम के कारण गलत विचारों को पकड़कर, ऐसे लोग अशुद्ध इरादों से काम करते हैं।

endless desirehypocrisypridegreed

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.