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Verse 16·10

Lust and anger characterize the demonic

TopicsKāma & Krodha — Desire & AngerĀtman & the SelfTeaching arc · Divine & Demoniac Natures

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काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान् प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥

Resorting to insatiable desire, arrogant, full of self-esteem and the drunkenness of their pride, these misguided souls delude themselves, persist in false and obstinate aims and pursue the fixed impure resolution of their longings.

Gītā 16·10

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in