BG 16.4

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।
अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ॥
dambho darpo ’bhimānaś ca krodhaḥ pāruṣyam eva ca
ajñānaṁ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadam āsurīm

Word-for-word meanings

dambhaḥ — ostentation;  darpaḥ — arrogance;  abhimānaḥ — self-conceit;  ca — and;  krodhaḥ — anger;  eva ca — and indeed;  pāruṣyam — rudeness;  ca — and;  ajñānam — ignorance;  pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  abhijātasya — [all these arise] to one who is born of;  āsurīm — the ungodly;  sampadam — disposition.

Translation

Ostentation, arrogance, self-conceit, anger, rudeness, and ignorance — O Arjuna, all these arise to one who is born of the ungodly disposition.

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