Sanskrit · Devanagari
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः। ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ īhante kāmabhogārthamanyāyenārthasañcayān
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882given up to anger and desire they wish to obtain heaps of wealth unfairly for enjoying objects of desire.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।16.12।। --,आशापाशशतैः आशा एव पाशाः तच्छतैः बद्धाः नियन्त्रिताः सन्तः सर्वतः आकृष्यमाणाः? कामक्रोधपरायणाः कामक्रोधौ परम्,अयनम् आश्रयः येषां ते कामक्रोधपरायणाः? ईहन्ते चेष्टन्ते कामभोगार्थं कामभोगप्रयोजनाय न धर्मार्थम्? अन्यायेन परस्वापहरणादिना इत्यर्थः किम् अर्थसंचयान् अर्थप्रचयान्।।ईदृशश्च तेषाम् अभिप्रायः --,
f867080094d7…Rāmānuja
16.12 They are 'bound by hundreds of fetters of hope,' viz., bound by hundreds of fetters in the form of hope. They are given over to 'desire and anger,' viz., they are intent solely on desire and anger. To satisfy their sensual desires, they endeavour for wealth through immortal means.
820c5d98b71a…Swami Sivananda
16.12 आशापाशशतैः by a hundred ties of hope? बद्धाः bound? कामक्रोधपरायणाः given over to lust and anger? ईहन्ते (they) strive (to attain)? कामभोगार्थम् for sensual enjoyment? अन्यायेन by unlawful means? अर्थसञ्चयान् hoards of wealth.Commentary They murder people and rob them of their wealth in order to have sensual enjoyments. They amass wealth for sensepleasure only? but not for doing righteous actions. They have no mercy. They are very cruel. They are held in bondage by a hundred ties of expectation. They harbour in their hearts a craving for all kinds of sensual objects. Various sorts of desires crop up in their mind. When their desires are not gratified they become furious. They acire wealth by unjust means. Hope or expectation binds a man to the wheel of Samsara.,Therefore hope is likened to a cord or a rope. There is no end to their cravings. Though they possess enormous wealth their cravings are not appeased. They multiply daily. These people become hopeless victims of greed.
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