Chapter 16 - Verse 4

Materialistic disposition.

Here follows a description of the demoniac (asuric) nature.

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।
अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ॥ ४ ॥

dambho darpo’bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca .
ajñānaṃ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm .. 4 ..


Ostentation, arrogance and self-conceit anger as also insolence, and ignorance, belong to one who is born, O Pārtha, for a demoniac lot.
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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.

Results of the two dispositions.

The effects of the two natures are spoken of as follows: