Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 16.18

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिता: मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयका:

ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ cha sanśhritāḥ mām ātma-para-deheṣhu pradviṣhanto ’bhyasūyakāḥ

Recitation · Text 16.18
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Clinging to egotism, force, arrogance, desire and anger, these envious people hate Me in their own and in others' bodies. The offence named is against people — hatred of others is described as hatred of God, in the same clause.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Hatred of others is described as hatred of God, in the same clause.