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चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः । कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः॥६-३८-११॥
They take refuge in immeasurable anxiety that persists until dissolution, holding as their settled conclusion that the highest aim is the enjoyment of desires—‘this much alone’.
english translation
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः । ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसंचयान्॥६-३८-१२॥
Bound by hundreds of nooses of expectation, devoted to desire and anger, they strive to amass wealth for the sake of sense-enjoyment by unjust means.
english translation
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिदं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् । इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्॥६-३८-१३॥
“This I have gained today; this desire I shall attain. This is mine, and this wealth too will again be mine in the future.”
english translation
असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि । ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी॥६-३८-१४॥
“That adversary has been neutralized by me; I shall neutralize others as well. I am the master; I am the enjoyer; I am successful, powerful, and content.”
english translation
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया । यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः॥६-३८-१५॥
“I am wealthy and of high lineage; who else is equal to me? I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give, I shall enjoy”—thus they are deluded by ignorance.
english translation