उच्छृङ्खला मदोन्मत्ताः पापकर्मरताः सदा । कामुका लोलुपाः क्रूरा निष्ठुरा दुर्मुखाः शठाः ॥ ३९ ॥
ucchṛṅkhalā madōnmattāḥ pāpakarmaratāḥ sadā | kāmukā lōlupāḥ krūrā niṣṭhurā durmukhāḥ śaṭhāḥ || 39 ||
Translation
unrestrained, mad with pride, ever delighting in sinful deeds, lustful, greedy, cruel, harsh, foul-mouthed and deceitful;
Word by word
- ucchṛṅkhalā
- unrestrained, unfettered
- madōnmattāḥ
- mad with pride
- pāpakarmaratāḥ
- delighting in sinful deeds
- sadā
- always
- kāmukā
- lustful
- lōlupāḥ
- very greedy
- krūrā
- cruel, merciless
- niṣṭhurā
- harsh in speech
- durmukhāḥ
- foul-mouthed
- śaṭhāḥ
- deceitful, crooked
Meaning
Hariharānanda glosses ucchṛṅkhala as those whose chain, the fetter of the Veda and the rest, is broken: people without any bond.