Chapter 16: Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga:: Verse 12
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धा: कामक्रोधपरायणा: ।
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥
āśā-pāśa-śatair-baddhā: kāma-krodha-parāyaṇā:
īhante kāma-bhogārtham-anyāyenārtha-sañcayān – 16.12
Entangled firmly by hundreds of chains of desire and expectation, taking refuge in lust and anger, they strive unjustly to amass wealth for gratifying their sensory cravings.
Chapter 16: Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga: - Verse 12
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna does not stop his description of the āsura ways and means. People of this group have only bodily and sensory thoughts and ambitions. They feel that we are born with a body and senses only to enjoy the world through them. Accordingly, they give vent to various instigations, triggered by greed, passion and hatred, taking shelter in them for everything.
The demonical nature survives on hopes and expectations. They are not able to get rid of these urges, as if bound firmly by nooses. While others take refuge under the Supreme, these people’s refuge is the shell of passion and sensory delights. Nothing else is worthy of care and concern for them.
Their attention is solely in amassing wealth and power for enjoyment, no matter by what means they achieve these. Verily the āsura people are ‘artha-kāmī’, aspiring only for wealth and the perishable worldly objects. How partial and blinded are their ways and vision!
