Chapter 16 Verse 10 of 24

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• kāmam āśritya duṣpūraḿ
• dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ
• mohād gṛhītvāsad-grāhān
• pravartante 'śuci-vratāḥ

Translation

Taking shelter of insatiable lust and absorbed in the conceit of pride and false prestige, the demoniac, thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean work, attracted by the impermanent.

Synonyms

• kāmam

  lust

• āśritya

  taking shelter of

• duṣpūram

  insatiable

• dambha

  of pride

• māna

  and false prestige

• anvitāḥ

  absorbed in the conceit

• mohāt

  by illusion

• gṛhītvā

  taking

• asat

  nonpermanent

• grāhān

  things

• pravartante

  they flourish

• aśuci

  to the unclean

• vratāḥ

  avowed.

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