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Chapter 16
Link:- Having described the marks of a person endowed with divine nature, the Lord in the next verse, discusses in brief the marks, of one who hankers after worldly pleasures and prosperity, and is endowed with a demoniac nature.
dambho darpo'bhimanasca krodhah parugyameva ca
ajnanam cabhijatasya partha sampadamasurim
Hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness and ignorance: these are the marks, 0 Partha (Arjuna), of him who has demoniac (asura) nature. 4
Comment:-
Dambhah:-'Dambha', consists in making a show of one's virtues, in order to gain honour, fame and praise etc., even when, one does not possess, those virtues. It can be of two kinds:
- A person may pose as a righteous, virtuous, scholarly, wise person, even though he has no such virtues. To show more than he possesses, to show himself as an ascetic, in spite of being sensuous and ostentatious in, feelings and actions—this is hypocrisy.
- He may conceal his good conduct, eat forbidden food, and perform forbidden actions, in the company of evil persons, in order to, win respect and praise, by pleasing them.
When a person, attaches too much importance, to his body, life-breath, wealth, property, honour, praise and fame, he pretends, to be what he is not and hypocrisy appears in him.
Darpah:- It means arrogance, pride of possessions of riches, property, family, rank and position etc., is known as 'Darpah'. Because of this feeling, a man is proud of the things, he possesses.
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