Bhagavad Gita 16.10 meaningTwo kinds of character
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Never satisfied, full of pride, they chase wrong ideas.”
What it means
“Driven by desires that are never satisfied, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, they grab at false ideas and act with impure intentions.”
The original Sanskrit
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः । मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥
kāmamāśritya duṣpūraṃ dambhamānamadānvitāḥ mohādgṛhītvāsadgrāhānpravartante.aśucivratāḥ
Translations
Literal translation
Giving themselves up to insatiable passion, filled with vanity, pride and arrogance, adopting bad abjectives due to delusion, and having impure resolves, they engage in actions.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
दम्भ, मान और मद से युक्त कभी न पूर्ण होने वाली कामनाओं का आश्रय लिये, मोहवश मिथ्या धारणाओं को ग्रहण करके ये अशुद्ध संकल्पों के लोग जगत् में कार्य करते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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