BG 16.18

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः ।
मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ॥
ahaṅkāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ ca saṁśritāḥ
mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto ’bhyasūyakāḥ

Word-for-word meanings

saṁśritāḥ — resorting exclusively;  ahaṅkāram — to egotism;  balam — strength;  darpam — insolence;  kāmam — lust;  ca — and;  krodham — anger;  abhyasūyakāḥ — [the ungodly] who are indignant [even toward the virtues of the saintly];  pradviṣantaḥ — despise;  mām — Me;  deheṣu — [situated] in the bodies;  ātma — of their own self;  para — [and] of others.

Translation

Resorting exclusively to egotism, strength, insolence, lust, and anger, the ungodly, who are indignant even toward the virtues of the saintly, despise Me, who am situated in their own bodies and those of others.

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