Pretence is the carrying of a banner of false dharma. Arrogance is the swelling occasioned by learning, wealth, kin and the like. Over-pride was told before. And anger. And harshness too, harsh speech, as in calling the one-eyed 'one of fine eyes', the misshapen 'one of fine form', one of low birth 'one of high birth' and the like. And ignorance, undiscerning knowledge, a false notion in the matter of what should and should not be done. To one born, O Pārtha. Born to what? To the asuric endowment, the endowment of the asuras. The effect of these two endowments is told.

Pretence is the carrying out of duty for the proclaiming of one's being righteous. Arrogance is the gladness, occasioned by the experience of objects, that makes for the loss of discernment between what is to be done and what is not. Excessive conceit is the conceit not in keeping with one's learning and birth. Anger is the disorder of mind that has the pain of others for its fruit. Harshness is the nature that brings distress to good people. Ignorance is the want of discernment of the higher and lower truth and of what is to be done and what is not. These traits come to one born to the demonic endowment. The demons are those whose nature is to transgress the command of the Blessed One.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.