Sanskrit · Devanagari
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः। कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥
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cintāmaparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Indulging in boundless thoughts ending with death given up to the enjoyment of objects of desire being resolved that that is all bound down by nets of hopes in hundreds
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।16.11।। --,चिन्ताम् अपरिमेयां च? न परिमातुं शक्यते यस्याः चिन्तायाः इयत्ता सा अपरिमेया? ताम् अपरिमेयाम्? प्रलयान्तां मरणान्ताम् उपाश्रिताः? सदा चिन्तापराः इत्यर्थः। कामोपभोगपरमाः? काम्यन्ते इति कामाः विषयाः शब्दादयः तदुपभोगपरमाः अयमेव परमः पुरुषार्थः यः कामोपभोगः इत्येवं निश्चितात्मानः? एतावत् इति निश्चिताः।।
69ead8c458e0…Rāmānuja
16.11 Those who are sure to die today or tomorrow 'obsess themselves with cares' in regard to objects the attainment of which is not possible even by the time of death. Likewise, they look upon 'enjoyment of desires' as their highest aim, viz., they regard the satisfaction of sensual enjoyments as the highest aim of human life. They are convinced that this is all, viz., they are assured that there is no value in human life greater than this.
03602dac86bc…Swami Sivananda
16.11 चिन्ताम् cares? अपरिमेयाम् immeasurable? च and? प्रलयान्तम् ending only with death? उपाश्रिताः refuged in? कामोपभोगपरमाः regarding gratification of lust as their highest aim? एतावत् that is all? इति thus? निश्चिताः feeling sure.Commentary They are beset with immense cares? worries and anxieties and their minds are engrossed in aciring and preserving the countless sensual objects. They have got the strong conviction that the sensual enjoyment is the highest end of a man. They are steeped in enjoying the objects of the senses. They firmly believe that that is everything. They believe that sensual enjoyment is the supreme source of happiness and there is no such thing as eternal bliss of the soul or transcendental bliss of the Self. They have no belief in the happiness in another world (or plane) or in the perennial bliss which is independent of sensual objects? which is beyond the reach of the senses. They have a dull and gross intellect? and so they cannot grasp the subtle higher truth. Sensual enjoyment is the greatest object of attainment for them.
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