Chapter 16: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga, verse 10
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।
मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥
Say itkāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ
mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ
Translation
Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding evil ideas due to delusion, they work with impure intentions.
Swami Sivananda
Giving themselves up to insatiable passion, filled with vanity, pride, and arrogance, adopting bad adjectives due to delusion, and having impure resolves, they engage in actions.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Turning to insatiable desires, seizing through delusion unjustly acquired wealth, and following impious vows, they act, full of ostentation, pride, and arrogance.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Holding to their insatiable desires, being possessed by hypocrisy, avarice, and pride, and holding evil intentions, these cruel men wander with impure resolves.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritically, self-sufficiently, and arrogantly, cherishing false conceptions founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes.
Shri Purohit Swami
कभी पूरी न होनेवाली कामनाओंका आश्रय लेकर दम्भ, अभिमान और मदमें चूर रहनेवाले तथा अपवित्र व्रत धारण करनेवाले मनुष्य मोहके कारण दुराग्रहोंको धारण करके संसारमें विचरते रहते हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
दम्भ, मान और मद से युक्त कभी न पूर्ण होने वाली कामनाओं का आश्रय लिये, मोहवश मिथ्या धारणाओं को ग्रहण करके ये अशुद्ध संकल्पों के लोग जगत् में कार्य करते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.