आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया।यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः।।16.15।।
āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti sadṛiśho mayā yakṣhye dāsyāmi modiṣhya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ aneka-chitta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛitāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣhu patanti narake ’śhuchau
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A Reading - Rantideb
Why: I am wealthy and well-born, who else is equal to me, I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall rejoice, thus they are deluded by ignorance, continuing the same self-congratulatory monologue into comparisons of status and birth.
In life: constantly comparing your own status or birth favorably against other people is a specific, recognizable form of the same delusion being described here, worth catching directly rather than mistaking it for legitimate self-confidence.
Teaching: the next time you notice yourself favorably comparing your status or background against someone else's, catch that specific pattern directly, this verse names it as a form of delusion, not legitimate self-confidence.