Bhagavad Gita · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaChapter 16, Shloka 18 (16.18)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः
मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः
॥ 16.18 ॥
ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ
māmātmaparadeheṣu pradviṣanto'bhyasūyakāḥ
Translation
"Resorting to ego, force, arrogance, desire and anger, these fault-finding people hate me, who dwell in their own bodies and in the bodies of others."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. ahaṃkāraḥ avidyākhyaḥ kaṣṭatamaḥ sarvadoṣāṇāṃ mūlaṃ — ego is the root of all faults; abhyasūyakāḥ sanmārgasthānāṃ guṇeṣu asahamānāḥ — those who cannot bear the virtues of good people.
Ramanujacharya. svadeheṣu paradeheṣu ca avasthitaṃ sarvasya kārayitāraṃ puruṣottamaṃ mām — the Supreme Person, dwelling in one's own body and in others'.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.