Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, Verse 11

चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः । कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः

cintāmaparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ | kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ

Translation

Beset with immense cares ending only with death, sensual enjoyment their highest aim, assured that that is all;

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

cintām

care

aparimeyām

unmeasurable

ca

and

pralayāntām

dissolution, end, whose, it

upāśritāḥ

refuged in

kāmopabhogaparamāḥ

(of) objects of desires, enjoyment, the supreme (goal), whose, they

etāvat

thus much (is all)

iti

thus

niścitāḥ

assured

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

They give themselves up to care. Sensual enjoyment: enjoyment of sense-objects such as sound. They are convinced that this sensual enjoyment is the highest end of man.