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Bhagavad Gītā 16.16

BG 16.16

अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः।प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ

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

Perplexed by discordant thoughts, entangled in the snares of desire, infatuated by passion, they sink into the depths of hell.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

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.

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 16.16, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/16.16), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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