Word meanings
- na
- not
- mām
- unto me
- duṣkṛtinaḥ
- the evil doers
- mūḍhāḥ
- the ignorant
- prapadyante
- surrender
- nara-adhamāḥ
- one who lazily follows one’s lower nature
- māyayā
- by God’s material energy
- apahṛta jñānāḥ
- those with deluded intellect
- āsuram
- demoniac
- bhāvam
- nature
- āśritāḥ
- surrender
Translations
The evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; those whose knowledge is destroyed by illusion follow the ways of demons.
The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of illusion, and he who leads a godless life—none of them shall find me.
The foolish evildoers, who are the most depraved among men, who are deprived of their wisdom by Maya, and who resort to demonic ways, do not take refuge in Me.
मायाके द्वारा अपहृत ज्ञानवाले, आसुर भावका आश्रय लेनेवाले और मनुष्योंमें महान् नीच तथा पाप-कर्म करनेवाले मूढ़ मनुष्य मेरे शरण नहीं होते।९Commentary
These three kinds of people have no discrimination between right and wrong, the Real and the unreal. They commit murder, robbery, theft and other kinds of atrocious actions. They speak untruth and injure others in a variety of ways. Those who follow the ways of the demons take the body as the Self like Vivochana and worship it with flowers, scents, unguents, nice clothes and palatable foods of various sorts. They are deluded souls. They try to nourish their body and do various sorts of evil actions to attain this end.
Therefore they do not worship Me. Ignorance is the root cause of all these evils. (Cf.XVI.16and20)