Bhagavad Gita — BG16.12
Chapter 16: Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog · Verse 12 of 24
संस्कृत श्लोक · Sanskrit Shloka
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः |
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ||१६-१२||
Transliteration
āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ . īhante kāmabhogārthamanyāyenārthasañcayān ||16-12||
हिन्दी अनुवाद · Hindi Translation
सैकड़ों आशापाशों से बन्धे हुये, काम और क्रोध के वश में ये लोग विषयभोगों की पूर्ति के लिये अन्यायपूर्वक धन का संग्रह करने के लिये चेष्टा करते हैं।।
English Translation
Bound by hundreds of shackles in the form of hope, giving themselves wholly to passion and anger, they endeavour to amass wealth through foul means for the enjoyment of desirable objects.
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Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog — Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures
About Chapter 16: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
The sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga. In this chapter, Krishna describes explicitly the two kinds of natures among human beings - divine and demoniac. Those who possess demonaic qualities associate themselves with the modes of passion and ignorance do not follo…
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Bhagavad Gita BG16.12 is verse 12 of Chapter 16 — Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga (Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog). This chapter is called Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures. The English translation is: “Bound by hundreds of shackles in the form of hope, giving themselves wholly to passion and anger, they endeavour to amass wealth through foul means for the enjoyment of desirable objects.”.