Chapter 16, Verse 9
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः। प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno'lpabuddhayaḥ. prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato'hitāḥ৷৷16.9৷৷
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- एताम्
- this
- दृष्टिम्
- view/outlook
- अवष्टभ्य
- having taken hold of/clung to
- नष्टात्मानः
- those whose souls are lost/ruined
- अल्पबुद्धयः
- of little intelligence
- प्रभवन्ति
- they arise/come forth (into power)
- उग्रकर्माणः
- of fierce/terrible deeds
- क्षयाय
- for the destruction
- जगतः
- of the world
- अहिताः
- enemies/harmful ones
Commentary
Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect, of fierce deeds, rise as the enemies of the world * for its destruction.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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एताम्
दृष्टिम्
अवष्टभ्य
नष्टात्मानः
अल्पबुद्धयः
प्रभवन्ति
उग्रकर्माणः
क्षयाय
जगतः
अहिताः
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