अभिसन्धाय यो हिंसां दम्भं मात्सर्यमेव वा । संरम्भी भिन्नदृग्भावं मयि कुर्यात्स तामस: ॥ ८ ॥
abhisandhaya yo himsam dambham matsaryam eva va samrambhi bhinna-drg bhavam mayi kuryat sa tamasah
- abhisandhaya
- having in view
- yah
- he who
- himsam
- violence
- dambham
- pride
- matsaryam
- envy
- eva
- indeed
- va
- or
- samrambhi
- angry
- bhinna
- separate
- drk
- whose vision
- bhavam
- devotional service
- mayi
- to Me
- kuryat
- may do
- sah
- he
- tamasah
- in the mode of ignorance.
Devotional service executed by a person who is envious, proud, violent and angry, and who is a separatist, is considered to be in the mode of darkness.