आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया।यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः।।16.15।।
āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti sadṛiśho mayā
yakṣhye dāsyāmi modiṣhya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ
aneka-chitta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛitāḥ
prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣhu patanti narake ’śhuchau
- āḍhyaḥ - wealthy
- abhijana-vān - having highly placed relatives
- asmi - me
- kaḥ - who
- anyaḥ - else
- asti - is
- sadṛiśhaḥ - like
- mayā - to me
- yakṣhye - I shall perform sacrifices
- dāsyāmi - I shall give alms
- modiṣhye - I shall rejoice
- iti - thus
- ajñāna - ignorance
- vimohitāḥ—deluded
aneka - many
- chitta - imaginings
- vibhrāntāḥ - led astray
- moha - delusion
- jāla - mesh
- samāvṛitāḥ - enveloped
- prasaktāḥ - addicted
- kāma-bhogeṣhu - gratification of sensuous pleasures
- patanti - descend
- narake - to hell
- aśhuchau - murky
"I am wealthy and born into a noble family. Who is my equal? I shall perform sacrifices, give charity, and rejoice," thus deluded by ignorance.
