Bhagavad Gita · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaChapter 16, Shloka 9 (16.9)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः
॥ 16.9 ॥
etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno'lpabuddhayaḥ
prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato'hitāḥ
Translation
"Holding to this view, people of ruined nature, small understanding and fierce deeds rise up for the harm and destruction of the world."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. naṣṭātmānaḥ naṣṭasvabhāvāḥ; ugrakarmāṇaḥ krūrakarmāṇaḥ hiṃsātmakāḥ; jagataḥ ahitāḥ śatravaḥ ity arthaḥ.
Ramanujacharya. naṣṭātmānaḥ adṛṣṭadehātiriktātmānaḥ — those who have not seen the self as distinct from the body; ugrakarmāṇaḥ sarveṣāṃ hiṃsakāḥ.
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