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Chapter 16
asapasasatairbaddhah kamakrodhaparayanah
ihante kamabhogarthamanyayenarthasancayan
Bound by hundreds of ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to amass hoards of wealth, by unfair means, for sensual enjoyment, 12
Comment:-
Asapasasatairbaddhah:- People endowed with demoniac nature, are bound by hundreds of ties, of hope i.e., they have to amass hoards of wealth, they will win name, fame and honour, and they have to be free from diseases and so on. Even having possessed millions of rupees, they hope to gain more and more from the Lord, from saints and even from beasts, birds, trees and creepers etc. Their hopes, are never fulfilled (Gita 9/12). Moreover, if the hopes are fulfilled, they will die, and even if they live, the things, which fulfil their hopes, will perish or both will perish.
Those who are bound by ties of hope and desire, cannot stay comfortably, at one place, but those who have become free from these ties can live at one place happily.
Ihamakrodhaparayapali:-They, are given to lust and anger i.e., they harbour in their hearts, various desires for all kinds of sensual enjoyments. When their desires, are not gratified, they become angry and inflict pain, upon others. They think, that desires are inevitable in life, without these a man becomes lifeless, as a stone. Similarly, they think that they can control other beings, through anger and if they are not angry, other people, will get hold of all their possessions.
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