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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 16.12

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 16.12 · 16 · Verse 12

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Sanskrit Original

।।16.12।। --,आशापाशशतैः आशा एव पाशाः तच्छतैः बद्धाः नियन्त्रिताः सन्तः सर्वतः आकृष्यमाणाः? कामक्रोधपरायणाः कामक्रोधौ परम्,अयनम् आश्रयः येषां ते कामक्रोधपरायणाः? ईहन्ते चेष्टन्ते कामभोगार्थं कामभोगप्रयोजनाय न धर्मार्थम्? अन्यायेन परस्वापहरणादिना इत्यर्थः किम् अर्थसंचयान् अर्थप्रचयान्।।ईदृशश्च तेषाम् अभिप्रायः --,

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16.12 Baddhah, bound, being impelled, being lured from all sides; asa-pasa-sataih, by hundreds of shackles in the from of hope-the hopes themselves are the shackles; by hundreds of these; kama-krodha-parayanah, giving themselves wholly to passion and anger, having passion and anger as their highest resort; ihante, they endeavour; artha-sancayan, to amass wealth; anyayena, through foul means, i.e. by stealing others' wealth, etc.; kama-bhoga-artham, for the enjoyment of desirable objects-in order to enjoy desirable objects, not for righteous acts. Their intentions, too, are of this kind: