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Bhagavad Gita 7.15

न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः। माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।

na māṁ duṣhkṛitino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛita-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśhritāḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
nananot
māmmāmunto me
duṣhkṛitinaḥduṣhkṛitinaḥthe evil doers
mūḍhāḥmūḍhāḥthe ignorant
prapadyanteprapadyantesurrender
nara-adhamāḥnara-adhamāḥone who lazily follows one’s lower nature
māyayāmāyayāby God’s material energy
apahṛita jñānāḥapahṛita jñānāḥthose with deluded intellect
āsuramāsuramdemoniac
bhāvambhāvamnature
āśhritāḥāśhritāḥsurrender

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.

दुष्कृत्य करने वाले, मूढ, नराधम पुरुष मुझे नहीं भजते हैं; माया के द्वारा जिनका ज्ञान हर लिया गया है, वे आसुरी भाव को धारण किये रहते हैं।।