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Given over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own bodies and in those of others.

Given over to ego, force, arrogance, desire and anger, these envious people hate me, who dwell in their own bodies and in the bodies of others.

The demonic person relies on ego, brute force, arrogance, desire and anger. Krishna then makes a striking claim: such people hate him, who dwells in their own bodies and in the bodies of others. To harm or despise another, and even to abuse oneself, is thus an offence against the divine presence within all. The verse gives the ethical teaching a spiritual depth: contempt for people is ultimately contempt for the one who lives in everyone.