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Anekachittavibhrantah

Gita 16.16 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16 — Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः ।
प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ ॥
Anekachittavibhrantah mohajalasamavritah
Prasaktah kamabhogeshu patanti narake ashuchau
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ताः
bewildered by countless thoughts
मोहजालसमावृताः
covered in the net of delusion
प्रसक्ताः
deeply attached
कामभोगेषु
to sensory pleasures
पतन्ति
they fall
नरके
into a hellish state
अशुचौ
foul, impure

The inner monologue is over. Krishna now delivers the verdict. These people are anekachittavibhrantah — their minds are scattered across a hundred different directions. No focus, no clarity, no center. Like a leaf blown by shifting winds, the mind jumps from one craving to the next without ever landing.

They are wrapped in mohajala — the net of delusion — like a fish caught in a net. The more the fish struggles, the tighter the net holds. Similarly, every attempt these people make to satisfy their desires only entangles them further.

Deeply attached to sensory pleasures, they fall into naraka — a foul, impure state. This 'naraka' is not only a destination after death. It is also the lived experience of a mind consumed by desire and anxiety. The person trapped in greed, rage, and scattered thinking is already living in a kind of hell, right here, right now.

This shloka concludes the inner monologue sequence (shlokas 13-15). All that arrogance, all those desires — they end in naraka. Krishna delivers this as a stark warning.

The word anekachittavibhrantah is a precise description of a fragmented mind. When the mind cannot settle, the person can find neither happiness nor success.

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