Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac Natures

    Verse 12

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 16, Verse 12

    आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्।।16.12।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    āśhā-pāśha-śhatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañchayān

    Translation

    Bound by hundreds of fetters of hopes, given over to desire and anger, they strive unjustly to gather wealth for the gratification of their desires.
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