Gita Chapter 16 – Verse 12  «   »

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः ।
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥ १६-१२॥


āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ
īhante kāmabhogārtham anyāyenārthasañcayān 16-12


Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given to lust and anger, they do strive to obtain, by unlawful means, hoards of wealth for sensual enjoyments.


āśāpāśa = 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; arthaṃ = for the purpose of; anyāyena = illegally; artha = of wealth; sañcayān = accumulation.;

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