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Bhagavadgita 16.7-11

Bhagavadgītā 16.7-11

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16.7

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ
na śaucaṃ nāpi cācāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate

The persons of Asurika nature know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither is purity found in them nor good conduct, nor truth.

Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

16.8

asatyam apratiṣṭhaṃ te jagad āhur anīśvaram
aparasparasaṃbhūtaṃ kim anyat kāmahaitukam

They say, "The universe is without truth, without a (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?"

Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

16.9

etāṃ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno 'lpabuddhayaḥ
prabhavanty ugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato 'hitāḥ

Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect and fierce deeds, rise as the enemies of the world for its destruction.

Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

16.10

kāmam āśritya duṣpūraṃ dambhamānamadānvitāḥ
mohād gṛhītvāsadgrāhān pravartante 'śucivratāḥ

Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they work with impure resolve.

Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

16.11

cintām aparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ
kāmopabhogaparamā etāvad iti niścitāḥ

Beset with immense cares ending only with death, regarding gratification of lust as the highest, and feeling sure that that is all;

Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

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