Bhagavad Gita 16.12आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥
āśhā-pāśha-śhatair baddhāḥ
kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañchayān
Sanskrit recitation
When ego turns cruel · 16.6–16.16 · Teaching
Translation
Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain hoards of wealth by unlawful means for sensual enjoyment.
Hindi translation
वे आशाकी सैकड़ों फाँसियोंसे बँधे हुए मनुष्य काम-क्रोधके परायण होकर पदार्थोंका भोग करनेके लिये अन्यायपूर्वक धन-संचय करनेकी चेष्टा करते रहते हैं।
Meaning
They murder people and rob them of their wealth in order to have sensual enjoyments. They amass wealth for sensepleasure only, but not for doing righteous actions. They have no mercy. They are very cruel. They are held in bondage by a hundred ties of expectation. They harbour in their hearts a craving for all kinds of sensual objects. Various sorts of desires crop up in their mind. When their desires are not gratified they become furious. They acire wealth by unjust means. Hope or expectation binds a man to the wheel of Samsara.,Therefore hope is likened to a cord or a rope. There is no end to their cravings. Though they possess enormous wealth their cravings are not appeased. They multiply daily. These people become hopeless victims of greed.
After Swami Sivananda
When ego turns cruel· 16.6–16.16→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 16.6There are two types of beings in this world: the divine and the demoniacal. The divine has…
- 16.7The demoniacal do not know what to do and what to refrain from; they have neither purity,…
- 16.8They say, "This universe is without truth, without a moral basis, without a God, brought…
- 16.9Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect and fierce deeds come forth as…
- 16.10Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding evil…
- 16.11Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares that end only with death, regarding the…
16.12Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain…
- 16.13"I have gained this today; I will fulfill this desire of mine; this is mine, and this…
- 16.14"I have slain that enemy, and I shall slay others too. I am the Lord; I enjoy, I am…
- 16.15"I am wealthy and born into a noble family. Who is my equal? I shall perform sacrifices,…
- 16.16Bewildered by many fancies, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the…
Word-by-word→
- artha
- wealth
- bhoga
- gratification of the senses
- kāma
- lust
- artham
- for
- krodha
- anger
- īhante
- strive
- anyāyena
- by unjust means
- baddhāḥ
- bound
- śhataiḥ
- by hundreds
- sañchayān
- to accumulate
- parāyaṇāḥ
- dedicated to
- āśhā-pāśha
- bondage of desires
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