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# Bhagavadgita 16.7-11

Bhagavadgītā 16.7-11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.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

## Translations (3)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.16.7) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-telang.16.p1) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- [The Song Celestial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-arnold.16.p5) — Edwin Arnold 1885, English

## Commentaries (14)

- [Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sankara.16.27) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari.16.281) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- [Subodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sridhara.522.1) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- [Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!ramanuja.16.7) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- [Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!abhinavagupta.6.51) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavirasaivabhasya.11.796) — Sanskrit
- [Tātparyabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!samkarananda.18.7) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Tattvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!kesava-kasmiri.18.7) — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- [Arthaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!upanisadbrahmayogin.17.7) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- [Sārārthavarṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!visvanatha.16.7) — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vanamali-misra.14.8) — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!madhusudana.17.7) — Madhusūdana Sarasvatī 1570, Sanskrit
- [Bālabodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!g-s-pathak.16.7) — G.S. Pathak 1825, Sanskrit
- [Vaṃśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vamsidhara-misra.19.8) — Vaṃśīdhara 1675, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.16.7) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.38.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.40.7) — Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇutattvanirṇaya (print)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.dvaita.sarvamula.visnutattvanirnaya*print.1.p192) — Sanskrit

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