Bhagavad Geeta 16.10
Sanskrit
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ
Meaning
Leaders driven by unchecked ego and desire make poor decisions. Success requires honest self-awareness, humility, and clarity of purpose over personal ambition.
Translation
Giving themselves up to insatiable passion, filled with vanity, pride, and arrogance, adopting bad adjectives due to delusion, and having impure resolves, they engage in actions.
Related Topics
This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: