BG 16.15

आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया ।
यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः ॥
āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti sadṛśo mayā
yakṣye dāsyāmi modiṣya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ

Word-for-word meanings

vimohitāḥ — deluded;  ajñāna — by ignorance;  iti — [they think] as follows;  asmi — I am;  āḍhyaḥ — rich;  abhijanavān — [and] of noble birth;  kaḥ — who;  anyaḥ — else;  asti — is there;  sadṛśaḥ — equal;  mayā — to me;  yakṣye — I shall perform sacrifice;  dāsyāmi — I shall donate charity;  modiṣye — [and] I shall rejoice.

Translation

Deluded by ignorance, they think as follows: “I am rich and of noble birth. Who else is there equal to me? I will perform yajñas, donate charity, and rejoice.”

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