Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, Verse 4
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च । अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्
dambho darpo'bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca | ajñānaṃ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm
Translation
Ostentation, arrogance and self-conceit, anger as also insolence, and ignorance, belong to one who is born, O Pārtha, for a demoniac lot.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- dambhaḥ
- hypocrisy
- darpaḥ
- arrogance
- abhimānaḥ
- pride
- ca
- and
- krodhaḥ
- wrath
- pāruṣyam
- harshness
- eva
- even
- ca
- and
- ajñānam
- ignorance
- ca
- and
- abhijātasya
- of the born
- pārtha
- O Pārtha
- sampadam
- to the endowment
- āsurīm
- (to) demoniacal
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Ostentation: pretending to be righteous. Arrogance: pride of learning, wealth, high connection, etc. Insolence: in speech; e.g. to speak of the blind as having eyes, of the ugly as handsome, of a man of low birth as one of high birth, and so on. Ignorance: misconception of duties and the like.