[from Stephen Mitchell's translation of the Bhagavad Gita, Three Rivers, 2000]
16.10-12
Driven by insatiable lusts,
drunk on the arrogance of power,
hypocritical, deluded,
their actions foul with self-seeking,
tormented by a vast anxiety
that continues until their death,
convinced that the gratification
of desire is life's sole aim,
bound by a hundred shackles
of hope, enslaved by their greed,
they squander their time dishonestly
piling up mountains of wealth.
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