BG 16.12
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः ।
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥
āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ
īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañcayān
īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañcayān
Word-for-word meanings
baddhāḥ — being bound; āśā-pāśa-śataiḥ — by the shackles of hundreds of [false] hopes; parāyaṇāḥ — [and] fully engrossed; kāma — [in] lust; krodha — [and] anger; īhante — they strive; sañcayān — to hoard; artha — wealth; anyāyena — by illegal means; artham — in order to obtain; kāma-bhoga — sensual pleasures.
Translation
Being bound by the shackles of hundreds of false hopes, and fully engrossed in lust and anger, they strive to hoard wealth by illegal means in order to obtain sensual pleasures.