Sanskrit
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् । इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ॥
idam adya mayā labdham imaṃ prāpsye manoratham idam asti idam api me bhaviṣyati punar dhanam
Translation
"This to-day by me hath been won, that purpose I shall gain; this wealth is mine already, and also this shall be mine in future.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The text shifts registers here into direct quotation — an interior monologue running through verse 15 — a distinct literary move for a chapter that has otherwise spoken about the demonic in the third person. “This I’ve won today, that I’ll gain next, this wealth is mine, and more will come” reads as ordinary acquisitive self-talk, notable mainly for how mundane and recognizable it is next to the chapter’s more cosmic condemnations. Rendering the demonic mind in its own voice rather than only describing it from outside makes the portrait land as psychology rather than pure denunciation.