Chapter 16: Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga:: Verse 11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिता: ।
कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिता: ॥
cintām-aparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntām-upāśritā:
kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad-iti niścitā:
Taking to unbridled thoughts ending with only death, indulging in gratifying desires with no let or hindrance, they resolve: This is all that life is.
Chapter 16: Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga: - Verse 11
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Their thoughts, imaginations and ambitions have no limit or rationality. To them, gratifying desires is the only aim of life. So, till death, anything can be done, without question. Might is right; and there is no God, no Destiny, they feel.
Their focus is on greed and enjoyment (kāma and bhoga). They have no concern for dharma and moksha (ethics and inner freedom). Hence they refuse to adhere to discipline, restraint or any concern for others. Having no regard for the society, they are out to do whatever occurs to them.
When one has no self-restraint and societal concern, he tends to be licentious. Cruelty and destruction alone can result from such a one!
Duryodhana’s behaviour exemplifies this well. Yet he was able to muster one and a half times Yudhishthira’s army for the Kurukshetra war. The world always hosts such people. And one has to be ready to deal with them confidently.
