Bhagavad Gita · 16.9
॥
Devanāgarī
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
etāṁ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno 'lpa-buddhayaḥ |
prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato 'hitāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एताम् दृष्टिम्etām dṛṣṭimthis view, this philosophy.
अवष्टभ्यavaṣṭabhyaadopting, relying upon.
नष्टात्मानःnaṣṭa-ātmānaḥthose who have lost (naṣṭa) their soul (ātmānaḥ).
अल्पबुद्धयःalpa-buddhayaḥthose whose intelligence (buddhayaḥ) is meager (alpa).
प्रभवन्तिprabhavantithey appear, they are born.
उग्रकर्माणःugra-karmāṇaḥthose whose deeds (karmāṇaḥ) are terrible (ugra).
क्षयायkṣayāyafor the destruction.
जगतःjagataḥof the world.
अहिताःahitāḥenemies, ill-wishers.
Translation
“Holding to such views, these lost souls of meager intelligence are born to perform terrible, hostile deeds aimed at the destruction of the world.”
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