薄伽梵歌 16.10

這些缺乏靈性、心懷惡意之人，行事殘酷且充滿罪惡。他們的思想被虛榮、自負與傲慢所充斥，心中懷有不聖潔的決心和不合理的想法，並懷抱著永不滿足的慾望。正如猴子飲酒後會變得越來越醉，這些人年紀越大，就越發傲慢和貪婪。他們導致周圍人的毀滅與死亡，誇耀自己的行為，並極度輕蔑他人。他們對自己的身體極度執著，甚至崇拜自己的身體。他們的慾望是無限的，愚蠢而固執，因此缺乏堅定的決心。慾望如火般永不滿足，享樂無法帶來滿足。你越是享樂，慾望就越強烈。當一個對象被享樂後，就會產生永遠持續享樂的慾望，你會採取各種手段來保存這些對象。儘管一個人不正直，他卻假裝正直，這就是虛偽（Dambha）。儘管一個人不值得尊敬，他卻自稱如此，這就是驕傲（Mana），一種虛假的尊嚴。儘管一個人不擁有偉大的事物，他卻將其強加於自己，這就是傲慢（Mada）。這些阿修羅（Asuras）做出不潔的決心，例如：「我將透過重複某某曼陀羅（Mantra）來崇拜某某神祇，並得到某某女人。」或「我將重複某某曼陀羅來殺死某某人。」

These soulless malevolent persons perform cruel and sinful actions. Their minds are saturated with vanity? conceit and arrogance. They entertain in their minds unholy resolves and unreasonable ideas. They harbour insatiable desires in their hearts. Just as a monkey becomes more and more intoxicated if wine if given to it? so also the older they grow the more and more arrogant and lustful do they become. They cause the ruin and death of those around them. They boast of their own actions and treat others with great contempt. They are very much attached to their bodies. They worship their bodies. Their passion is boundless. They are stupid and obstinate and so they have no firm determination.Desire is insatiable like fire. Enjoyment cannot bring about satisfaction of the desires. The more you enjoy? the stronger does the desire become. After an object is enjoyed? there springs up a desire to continue the enjoyment for ever. You take recourse to all sorts of devices to preserve the objects.Although a man is not righteous he pretends to be a man of righteousness. This is hypocrisy. Although a man is not worthy of being honoured? he claims to be so. This is Mana (pride). There is false dignity. Although a man does not possess great things he superimposes them on himself. This is Mada.These Asuras make impure resolves. I will worship such and such a deity by repeating such and such a Mantra and get hold of such and such a woman. I will repeat such and such a Mantra and kill such and such a man.