एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान्।।16.12।।
Holding onto this view, those of depraved character, poor intellect, and given to fearful and harmful actions, wax strong and bring ruin to the world.
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.
Beset with innumerable cares that end only with death, holding that the enjoyment of desirable objects is the highest goal, they feel sure that this is all.
Bound by hundreds of shackles in the form of hope, giving themselves wholly to passion and anger, they endeavor to amass wealth through foul means for the enjoyment of desirable objects.
Osho’s Commentary
Holding this vision that life is just an accident, these men of small intelligence become engaged in fierce deeds for the destruction of the world. They are filled with insatiable desire, hypocrisy, and pride. Their highest goal is the gratification of their senses. They are certain that “this is all there is.” Bound by a hundred chains of hope, slaves to lust and anger, they try to amass wealth by any means, fair or foul, just to satisfy their desires. This is the portrait of the modern man. A life of constant striving, of endless desire, of deep anxiety that ends only with death. And all for what? For fleeting pleasures that never satisfy. It is a life lived on the periphery, completely oblivious to the silent bliss that is waiting in the center.