| 18. Given over
to egotism, power, haughtiness, lust, and anger, these malicious people
hate Me in their own and others bodies.Egotism,: they esteem themselves
very high for qualities which they really possess and for those which they
falsely attribute to themselves. T his egotism is what is called avidya;
and it is the barest thing (to overcome), the source of all perversities
(doshas), of all evil acts. Power: accompanied with lust and passion, and
seeking to humiliate others. Haughtiness: when this arises one transgresses
the path of virtue ; it is a peculiar vice seated in the antahkarana. Lust:
sexual passion, and the like. danger: at something unpleasant. They are
given over to these and other great vices. Moreover, they hate Me, the Isvara,
abiding in their own and other bodies as the Witness of their thoughts and
actions. To hate Me is to transgress My commands. They are malicious, jealous
of the virtue of those who tread the right path The materialists fall. These
cruel haters; worst of men, I hurl these evildoers ,for ever in the worlds
into the wombs of the demons only. : enemies of the right path and haters
of the righteous Worst: because they are guilty of unrighteous deeds (adharma).
World: paths of samsara passing through many a hell. Wombs of the demon:
wombs of the most cruel beings such as tigers, lions and the like. |
