Bhagavad Gita · 9.12
॥
Devanāgarī
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः ।
राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vicetasaḥ |
rākṣasīm āsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
मोघाशाःmogha-āśāḥthose whose hopes (āśāḥ) are in vain (mogha).
मोघकर्माणःmogha-karmāṇaḥthose whose activities (karmāṇaḥ) are in vain.
मोघज्ञानाःmogha-jñānāḥthose whose knowledge (jñānāḥ) is in vain.
विचेतसःvicetasaḥbereft of intelligence, bewildered.
राक्षसीम्rākṣasīmdemonic (of the rākṣasas).
आसुरीम् च एवāsurīm ca evaand atheistic (of the asuras).
प्रकृतिम्prakṛtimnature.
मोहिनीम्mohinīmdeluding.
श्रिताःśritāḥthose who have taken shelter.
Translation
“Their hopes are in vain, their activities are in vain, and their knowledge is in vain. Bereft of intelligence, they take shelter in a demonic and atheistic, deluding nature.”
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