Krishna reveals the inevitable result of the narcissistic monologue from the previous verses. Because their minds are violently pulled in a million different directions by endless desires (aneka-citta-vibhrāntā), they are completely enveloped in a dense web of illusion (moha-jāla-samāvṛtāḥ). Being hopelessly addicted and attached to sensual exploitation (prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣu), they naturally glide downward, falling into impure, hellish conditions of existence (patanti narake 'śucau).