Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 16.10

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विता: मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रता:

kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ

Recitation · Text 16.10
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Given over to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding false notions through delusion, they act with impure resolve. Duṣpūram — that which cannot be filled. The engine described is a hunger with no bottom.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Duṣpūram — the engine described is a hunger with no bottom.