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आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्।।16.12।।

āśhā-pāśha-śhatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañchayān

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 16, Verse 12
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain hoards of wealth by unlawful means for sensual enjoyment.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: bound by hundreds of ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to amass wealth unjustly for the gratification of their desires, describing the compounding entanglement, hundreds of ties, that this pattern of chasing gratification actually produces.

In life: chasing gratification tends to produce more entanglement and obligation, not more freedom, each new desire satisfied creates new attachments and complications rather than genuinely simplifying your life.

Teaching: before pursuing your next major desire, honestly consider whether satisfying it is actually likely to simplify your life or add another tie of entanglement to an already complicated situation, that consideration alone sometimes changes the decision.

āśhā-pāśhabondage of desires
śhataiḥby hundreds
baddhāḥbound
kāmalust
krodhaanger
parāyaṇāḥdedicated to
īhantestrive
kāmalust
bhogagratification of the senses
arthamfor
anyāyenaby unjust means
arthawealth
sañchayānto accumulate

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
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.