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चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।
कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥ १६.११ ॥

आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः ।
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥ १६.१२ ॥

cintām-aparimeyāṁ ca pralayāntām-upāśritāḥ |
kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad-iti niścitāḥ || 16.11 ||

āśā-pāśa-śatair-baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ |
īhante kāma-bhogārtham-anyāyenārtha-sañcayān || 16.12 ||

   

Led by endless ambitions, they embark upon all kinds of wicked means for amassing wealth, employing it as a tool to accomplish anything they set their minds on.