Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

ighteousness, unrigtheousness, etc. Certainly, the
passion of living beings is the cause of the world.
This is the view of the materialists.
16.9 Holding on to this view, (these people) who
are of depraved character, of poor intellect, given
to fearful actions and harmful, wax strong for the
ruin of the world.
English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit
Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda
16.9 Avastabhya, holding on to; etam, this; drstim,
view; (these people) who are nasta-atmanah, of
depraved character, who have deviated from the
disciplines leading to the other world; alpabudhayah,
of poor intellect, whose intellect is
indeed limited, engrossed with material things;
ugra-kamanah, given to fearful actions-who are
cruel by nature; and ahitah, harmful; i.e. inimical to
the world; prabhavanti, wax strong; ksayaya, for
the ruin; jagatah, of the world. This is the
construction.
16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passion,
filled with vanity, pride and arrogance, adopting
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