Verset 16.4

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।

अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ॥

16.4

Translittération

dambho darpo'bhimānaśca krodhaḥ pāruṣyameva ca |

ajñānaṃ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadamāsurīm ||

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Traduction

Hypocrisy, arrogance and self-conceit, anger and also harshness and ignorance, belong to one who is born for a demoniacal state, O Partha (Arjuna).

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Mot à mot

hypocrisy
arrogance
conceit
and
anger
harshness
also
and

ignorance
and
of one born with
O Partha
endowment
demonic

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

In a single short verse Krishna names the demonic endowment: hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance. The contrast with the long list of divine qualities is deliberate. The demonic traits are few but powerful, and they share a common root in an inflated sense of oneself. The term demonic (āsura) draws on old stories of conflict between gods and asuras, but here it describes tendencies within human character rather than supernatural beings.