Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 16.15

इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् असौ मया हत: शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिता:

idam adya mayā labdham imaṁ prāpsye manoratham idam astīdam api me bhaviṣhyati punar dhanam asau mayā hataḥ śhatrur haniṣhye chāparān api īśhvaro ’ham ahaṁ bhogī siddho ’haṁ balavān sukhī āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti sadṛiśho mayā yakṣhye dāsyāmi modiṣhya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ

Recitation · Text 16.15
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Purport Overview & Key Insights

I am wealthy and well-born; who else is equal to me? I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall rejoice — so they are deluded by ignorance. Even the charity is inside the boast; the giving has been absorbed into the self-display.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Even the charity sits inside the boast, absorbed into self-display.