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Chapter 9, Verse 12

मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः। राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः।।9.12।।

moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ. rākṣasīmāsurīṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ mohinīṃ śritāḥ.।9.12।।

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मोघाशाः
of vain hopes (whose hopes are futile)
मोघकर्माणः
of vain/fruitless actions
मोघज्ञानाः
of vain/useless knowledge
विचेतसः
bewildered in mind, senseless
राक्षसीम्
demoniac (nature)
आसुरीम्
and asuric (fiendish) nature
च एव
and indeed
प्रकृतिम्
nature
मोहिनीम्
deluding
श्रिताः
have resorted to / taken refuge in

Commentary

12, Of vain hopes, of vain actions, of vain knowledge, devoid of discrimination, partaking only of the delusive nature of Rakshasas and jr\sur3S»

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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मोघाशाः
मोघकर्माणः
मोघज्ञानाः
विचेतसः
राक्षसीम्
आसुरीम्
च एव
प्रकृतिम्
मोहिनीम्
श्रिताः

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