BG - 16.10

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।

kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ

• kāmam - lust
• āśhritya - harboring
• duṣhpūram - insatiable
• dambha - hypocrisy
• māna - arrogance
• mada-anvitāḥ - clinging to false tenets
• mohāt - the illusioned
• gṛihītvā - being attracted to
• asat - impermanent
• grāhān - things
• pravartante - they flourish
• aśhuchi-vratāḥ - with impure resolve

Translation

Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding evil ideas due to delusion, they work with impure intentions.

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