etam drstim avastabhya
nastatmano ’lpa-buddhayah। prabhavanty ugra-karmanah ksayaya jagato ’hitah॥ 16.9 ॥ |
Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world.
kamam asritya duspuram
dambha-mana-madanvitah। mohad grhitvasad-grahan pravartante ’suci-vratah॥ 16.10 ॥ |
Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, Taking shelter of insatiable lust and absorbed in the conceit of pride and false prestige, the demoniac, thus disillusioned , are always sworn to unclean work, attracted by the impermanent.
cintam aparimeyam cha
pralayantam upasritah:। kamopabhoga-parama etavad iti niscitah:॥ 16.11 ॥ asa-pasa-satair baddhah kama-krodha-parayanah:। ihante kama-bhogartham anyayenartha-sanchayan॥ 16.12 ॥ |
O Arjuna, They believe that to gratify the senses is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus until the end of life their anxiety is immeasurable. Bound by a network of hundreds of thousands of desires and absorbed in lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification.