kāma

यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः

kāma-ātmānaḥ — desirous of sensual pleasure

Those of small understanding speak flowery words, delighting in the letter of the scriptures, and say there is nothing more —

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्

kāmāḥ — desires

As rivers enter the ocean, which is filled and yet unmoved at its foundation, so all desires enter the one who is at peace.

आवृतं ज्ञानमेतेन ज्ञानिनो नित्यवैरिणा

kāma-rūpeṇa — in the form of desires

Knowledge is covered by this constant enemy of the wise, son of Kunti — desire, insatiable as fire.

एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना

kāma-rūpam — in the form of desire

Knowing that which is beyond the understanding, steadying the lower self by the higher, strike down this enemy, mighty-armed one — desire, so hard to master.

यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः

kāma — desire for material pleasures

One whose undertakings are all free of desire and calculation, whose actions have been burnt in the fire of knowledge — that one the wise call learned.

युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्

kāma-kāreṇa — impelled by desires

One who is joined, having given up the fruit of action, reaches lasting peace. One who is not joined, driven by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.

शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात्

kāma — desire

One who can withstand the surge of desire and anger here, before leaving the body, is joined — and that one is happy.

कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्

kāma — desires

For those freed of desire and anger, restrained in mind, self-governed, the peace of Brahman is near on every side.

बलं बलवतां चाहं कामरागविवर्जितम्

kāma — desire

I am the strength of the strong, free of desire and craving. I am the desire in beings that does not go against what is right.

ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति

kāma-kāmāḥ — desiring objects of enjoyments

Having enjoyed that wide heaven, their merit exhausted, they return to the world of mortals. Those who seek pleasure by following the rites come and go.

आयुधानामहं वज्रं धेनूनामस्मि कामधुक्

kāma-dhuk — Kamdhenu

Among weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows, the wish-granting cow; among causes of birth, desire; and among serpents, Vasuki.

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्

kāma-haitukam — for sexual gratification only

They say the world is without truth, without ground, without a governing power — that it comes about by the mutual working of things, with desire as its only cause.

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः

kāmam — lust

Given over to insatiable desire, full of pretence, arrogance and intoxication, in delusion they take up false aims and act on impure resolves.

चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः

kāma-upabhoga — gratification of desires

Given over to endless anxiety that ends only at death, holding the gratification of desire to be the highest thing, certain that this is all,

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः

kāma — lust

bound by a hundred cords of expectation, given over to desire and anger, they strive by wrongful means to amass wealth for the fulfilling of desire.

आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया

kāma-bhogeṣhu — gratification of sensuous pleasures

I am wealthy and well-born. Who is there like me? I shall offer sacrifices, I shall give, I shall enjoy.” So they think, deluded by unknowing.

अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः

kāma — lust

Bewildered by many thoughts, caught in a net of delusion, attached to the enjoyment of desire, they fall into an unclean hell.

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः

kāmam — desire

Clinging to the sense of self, to force, arrogance, desire and anger, these envious people despise me, present in their own bodies and in others'.

यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः

kāma-kārataḥ — under the impulse of desire

One who casts aside what the scriptures direct and acts on the impulse of desire reaches neither perfection nor happiness nor the highest goal.

अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यन्ते ये तपो जनाः

kāma — desire

Those who practise severe austerity not enjoined by the scriptures, out of pretence and self-regard, driven by desire and attachment and force,

यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः

kāma-īpsunā — prompted by selfish desire

But action done by one who seeks to satisfy desire, or with the sense of self, and with great strain, is said to be of restlessness.

अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्

kāmam — desire

free of the sense of self, of force, arrogance, desire, anger and possession, without claiming anything as “mine”, at peace — such a person is fit for the state of Brahman.