Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, Verse 17
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः । यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम्
ātmasambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhanamānamadānvitāḥ | yajante nāmayajñaiste dambhenāvidhipūrvakam
Translation
Self-honored, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name with hypocrisy, without regard to ordinance.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- ātmasambhāvitāḥ
- by self, glorified
- stabdhāḥ
- stubborn
- dhanamānamadānvitāḥ
- of wealth, by the pride, and, by the intoxication, and, filled
- yajante
- worship
- nāmayajñaiḥ
- by nominal sacrifices
- te
- they
- dambhena
- by hypocrisy
- avidhipūrvakam
- contrary to rule
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Self-honored: esteeming themselves as possessed of all good qualities; they are not esteemed as such by the righteous. They perform sacrifices without regard to the several parts and obligations enjoined in the scriptural ordinances.