Chapter 16 Verse 11 of 24

• cintām aparimeyāḿ ca
• pralayāntām upāśritāḥ
• kāmopabhoga-paramā
• etāvad iti niścitāḥ
• āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ
• kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ
• īhante kāma-bhogārtham
• anyāyenārtha-sañcayān

Translation

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.

Synonyms

• cintām

  fears and anxieties

• aparimeyām

  immeasurable

• ca

  and

• antām

  unto the point of death

• upāśritāḥ

  having taken shelter of

• upabhoga

  sense gratification

• paramāḥ

  the highest goal of life

• etāvat

  thus

• iti

  in this way

• niścitāḥ

  having ascertained

• pāśa

  entanglements in a network of hope

• śataiḥ

  by hundreds

• baddhāḥ

  being bound

• kāma

  of lust

• krodha

  and anger

• parāyaṇāḥ

  always situated in the mentality

• īhante

  they desire

• kāma

  lust

• bhoga

  sense enjoyment

• artham

  for the purpose of

• anyāyena

  illegally

• artha

  of wealth

• sañcayān

  accumulation.

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