Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 10
Chapter 16
Verse 11 of 24
Verse 12
Verse 16.11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः। कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥16.11॥
16.11 cintām aparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ kāmopabhogaparamā etāvad iti niścitāḥ
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Given over to immeasurable anxiety, which ends only with death, Holding the enjoyment of desires (kāma) as their highest goal, convinced that this is all there is.

Stoller MillerLiterary

In their certainty that life consists in sating their desires, they suffer immeasurable anxiety that ends only with death.

ZaehnerJesuit

(11) Unmeasured care is theirs right up to the time of death, [for] they have no other aim than to satisfy their lusts, convinced that this is all.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

16.11 Beset with innumerable cares which end (only) with death, holding that the enjoyment of desirable objects is the highest goal, feeling sure that this is all.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

16.11 Obsessed by unlimited cares which end with dissolution, looking upon enjoyment of desires as their highest aim, and convinced that this is all;

SivanandaVedanta

16.11 Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares ending only with death, regarding gratification of lust as their highest aim, and feeling sure that that is all.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 10
Chapter 16
Verse 11 of 24
Verse 12