Chapter 16 · Verse 16 · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 16.16
Sanskrit
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः।प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ।।16.16।।
Transliteration
aneka-citta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛtāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣu patanti narake 'śucau
In plain words
You know the feeling — your mind racing in ten directions at once, caught in loops of craving and fear, each distraction pulling you deeper into despair. Krishna says: this fragmentation *is* the suffering you're trying to escape, and it only gets worse the tighter you grip. The way out is not more distraction, but a single point of clarity — turn toward what is true, even if it's small and quiet.
Word by Word
When the mind fractures into countless anxieties and becomes ensnared in illusion's net, the soul loses its moorings in truth and drifts toward ever-deeper entanglement with fleeting pleasures. The Gita warns us that this descent into confusion is not punishment from without, but the inevitable consequence of our own divided attention and addictive clinging.
In our modern age of endless distraction and dopamine-chasing, we are building the very hell we fear — not in some distant realm, but in the fragmentation of our own consciousness right now.
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Bhagavad Gita 16.16 — BG 16.16
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