Bhagavad Gita/bg.16.16

Verse 16.16

bg.16.16

Sanskrit

अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः।प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ।।16.16।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

aneka-citta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛtāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣu patanti narake 'śucau

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

Bewildered by many fancies, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the gratification of lust, they fall into a foul hell.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।16.16।।कामनाओंके कारण तरह-तरहसे भ्रमित चित्तवाले, मोह-जालमें अच्छी तरहसे फँसे हुए तथा पदार्थों और भोगोंमें अत्यन्त आसक्त रहनेवाले मनुष्य भयङ्कर नरकोंमें गिरते हैं।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

aneka—numerous; citta-vibhrāntāḥ—perplexed by anxieties; moha—of illusions; jāla—by a network; samāvṛtāḥ—surrounded; prasaktāḥ—attached; kāma—lust; bhogeṣu—sense gratification; patanti—glides down; narake—into hell; aśucau—unclean.

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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