BG 16.10

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।
मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥
kāmam āśritya duṣpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ
mohād gṛhītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śuci-vratāḥ

Word-for-word meanings

āśritya — taking refuge of;  duṣpūram — insatiable;  kāmam — desires;  anvitāḥ — [and] being possessed of;  dambha — hypocrisy;  māna — pride;  mada — [and] arrogance;  aśuci-vratāḥ — [such people] of impure vows;  pravartante — engage in action;  gṛhītvā — having adopting;  asat — false;  grāhān — doctrines;  mohāt — out of delusion.

Translation

Taking refuge of insatiable desires and being possessed of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, such people of impure vows engage in action having adopted false doctrines out of delusion.

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