Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Bhagavad Gita
Fearlessness, living life in purity
To cultivate spiritual knowledge, charity
4) Pride, conceit, anger, and of course arrogance
As well as harshness and total ignorance
Are the qualities belonging to ungodly men
Born with this nature, O Arjuna, My friend
5) Divine qualities open liberation’s door
Ungodly qualities bind one more and more
7) The godless don’t know what is to be done
Cleanliness, truth, and right action are found in none
8) They say the world’s unreal, there’s no God in control
Life arises from matter, there is no soul
Thus lost to themselves, with intelligence gone
The engage in acts meant to destroy everyone
10) Taking shelter of lust and absorbed in pride
Attracted by sin and never satisfied
11) They believe that sensual pleasure is life’s aim
Thus their anxiety never seems to wane
14) They think, “So much wealth do I have today
More will be mine, I’ll kill whoever’s in my way
I’m the richest man surrounded by my (noble) friends
There is none so powerful and happy as I am”
16) Perplexed by anxiety, bound to illusion
They fall down to hell in their confusion
19) The envious and mischievous, lowest among men
Are cast to lower species to take birth again
17) Deluded by wealth, acting impudently
They make a show of spirituality
18) But actually criticize real religion
Becoming envious of the God who lives within them
21) There are three gates that will surely lead one to hell
If you follow them you will never be well
They are lust, anger, and greed, this you should know
Give them up for they degrade the soul.