Chapter 16: Divine & Demonic Naturesदैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
16:10
“Giving themselves over to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding false views through delusion, they act with impure resolves.”
Sanskrit
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः | मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ||
Transliteration
kāmam āśritya duṣpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛhītvāsad-grāhān pravartante 'śuci-vratāḥ
Commentary
The demonic are driven by endless desires, filled with pretense and conceit. Deluded, they hold wrong views and pursue impure goals. Their lives lack any genuine spiritual direction.
Chapter 16
Divine & Demonic Natures