Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 10

Quick answer

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 10 (16.10) means: Clinging to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding false ideas out of delusion, they act with impure aims.

Sanskrit

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।

Transliteration

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

Translation

Clinging to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding false ideas out of delusion, they act with impure aims.

Hindi

कभी न बुझने वाली इच्छा से चिपके, दंभ, अभिमान और घमंड से भरे, मोह के कारण झूठे विचार थामे, वे अशुद्ध इरादों से कर्म करते हैं।

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 10?

Clinging to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding false ideas out of delusion, they act with impure aims.

Which chapter is verse 16.10 from?

It is verse 10 of Chapter 16 of the Bhagavad Gita, which has 24 verses in total.

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