16. Divine and Demonic Natures

Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog

BG 16.16

Bewildered by their thoughts, ensnared in the net of delusion, addicted to sensual pleasures, they are condemned to a dark hell.

अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः
प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ

  • aneka-chitta-vibhrāntā — led astray by imagination

    • aneka — many

    • chitta — imagination

    • vibhrāntā — led astray

  • moha-jāla-samāvṛitāḥ — enveloped in delusion

    • moha — delusion

    • jāla — mesh

    • samāvṛitāḥ — enveloped

  • prasaktāḥ — addicted

  • kāma-bhogeṣhu — gratification of sensuous pleasures

    • kāma — pleasure, desire

    • bhogeṣhu — sense gratification

  • patanti — descend

  • narake — to hell

  • ’śhuchau — dark
    Locative single of aśuci (अशुचि), meaning "impure", "unclean", or "black" depending on context.

...16.15

Bewildered by their thoughts, ensnared in the net of delusion, addicted to sensual pleasures, they are condemned to a dark hell.

[16]

Self-conceited, stubborn, intoxicated by wealth and pride, they perform sacrifice in name only, without regard to what is ordained in the scriptures.

[17]

Clinging to egotism, power, arrogance, pride, and desire, these envious people grow to resent me, both in themselves and in the bodies of others.

[18]

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Chapter 16, Verse 16