Chapter 16 · Verse 4 · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 16.4
Sanskrit
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।
Transliteration
dambho darpo ’bhimānaśh cha krodhaḥ pāruṣhyam eva cha ajñānaṁ chābhijātasya pārtha sampadam āsurīm
In plain words
When you feel rage rising—at your spouse, at yourself, at God—you're not seeing clearly; anger is a wall you've built, and it's keeping you from the love and peace that are still there underneath. Krishna says: these six poisons—pretense, pride, anger, harshness, and the blindness that comes with them—aren't sins you've committed; they're walls you can dismantle, right now, by pausing and asking what you're really afraid of. The moment you see the wall, you can begin to take it down.
Word by Word
Krishna lays bare the six poisons that bind the soul to ignorance and suffering: hypocrisy masks the truth within us, arrogance blocks the grace that sustains us, anger shatters the peace of our own nature, harshness hardens the heart against compassion, and ignorance keeps us asleep to our divine essence. These are not moral failures to be judged—they are walls we build that prevent the light of our true Self from shining.
When you catch yourself in hypocrisy or rage today, pause and ask: what am I defending? What am I afraid to see?
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Bhagavad Gita 16.4 — BG 16.4
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