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ahańkāraḿ balaḿ darpaḿ kāmaḿ krodhaḿ ca saḿśritāḥ mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto ’bhyasūyakāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.18 Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demons become envious of...

tān ahaḿ dviṣataḥ krūrān saḿsāreṣu narādhamān kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.19 Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, I perpetually cast into the...

āsurīḿ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.20 Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, O son of Kunti, such persons can...

tri-vidhaḿ narakasyedaḿ dvāraḿ nāśanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaḿ tyajet Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.21 There are three gates leading to this hell—lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should...

etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ ācaraty ātmanaḥ śreyas tato yāti parāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.22 The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kunti, performs acts conducive to...

yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaḿ na parāḿ gatim Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.23 He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither...

tasmāc chāstraḿ pramāṇaḿ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śāstra-vidhānoktaḿ karma kartum ihārhasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.24 One should therefore understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of...

arjuna uvāca ye śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ teṣāḿ niṣṭhā tu kā kṛṣṇa sattvam āho rajas tamaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.1 Arjuna inquired: O Krishna, what is the situation of those who do not...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca tri-vidhā bhavati śraddhā dehināṁ sā svabhāva-jā sāttvikī rājasī caiva tāmasī ceti tāṁ śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.2 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: According to the modes of nature acquired...

sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati bhārata śraddhā-mayo ’yaḿ puruṣo yo yac-chraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 17.3 O son of Bharata, according to one’s existence under the various modes of nature, one...