BHAGAVAD-GITA 16:18

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 16:18

 

ahankaram balam darpam

kamam krodham ca samsritah

mam atma-para-dehesu

pradvisanto 'bhyasuyakah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

ahankaram--false ego; balam--strength; darpam--pride; kamam--lust;

krodham--anger; ca--also; samsritah--having taken shelter of; mam--Me;

atma--in their own; para--and in other; dehesu--bodies;

pradvisantah--blaspheming; abhyasuyakah--envious.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demons

become envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated

in their own bodies and in the bodies of others, and blaspheme against

the real religion.

 

PURPORT

 

A demoniac person, being always against God's supremacy, does not like

to believe in the scriptures. He is envious of both the scriptures and

the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is caused by

his so-called prestige and his accumulation of wealth and strength. He

does not know that the present life is a preparation for the next

life. Not knowing this, he is actually envious of his own self, as

well as of others. He commits violence on other bodies and on his own.

He does not care for the supreme control of the Personality of

Godhead, because he has no knowledge. Being envious of the scriptures

and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he puts forward false

arguments against the existence of God and denies the scriptural

authority. He thinks himself independent and powerful in every action.

He thinks that since no one can equal him in strength, power or

wealth, he can act in any way and no one can stop him. If he has an

enemy who might check the advancement of his sensual activities, he

makes plans to cut him down by his own power.

 

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