# Bhagavad Gita 16.12

**Canonical reference:** `gita.16.12`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः।
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥

## IAST

āśāpāśaśatairbaddhāḥ kāmakrodhaparāyaṇāḥ
īhante kāmabhogārthamanyāyenārthasañcayān

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

given up to anger and desire they wish to obtain heaps of wealth unfairly for enjoying objects of desire.

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