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Chapter 16
Link:—The evil ways of such atheists, who are filled with insatiable desires, are described in the next verse.
kamamasritya duspuram dambhamanamadanvitah
mohadgrhitvasadgrahanpravartante'sucivratah
Sheltered behind insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, believing false tenets through delusion, they act with impure resolve. 10
Kamamasritya duypnram:- These people, endowed with demoniac nature, harbour insatiable desires, in their hearts. They believe that without desire a man, becomes just like a stone and he cannot progress. They do not believe in God, in fortune and in world hereafter. How to satisfy those desires?
The Lord explains:
Dambhamanamadanvitah:- They are full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance. They pretend to be, what they are not, in order to gain wealth, honour, praise and prestige etc. This is hypocrisy. 'Mana' or pride, consists in regarding oneself worthy of honour or adoration, because of one's superiority complex. 'Mada' or arrogance, consists in remaining intoxicated with one's possessions - intellect, merit, learning, wealth and power etc.
Asucivratah:- They make impure resolves, such as setting fire to villages cow pens and murdering people etc. They regard, purity of food, conduct, caste and social order (asrama), as hypocrisy. They resolve that they will not listen to the name and glories of the Lord, and they will not go on pilgrimages and so on. Robbers also have such resolves, because they do not want to rob people of their riches, without injuring them.
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