Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Vijnana YogaChapter 7, Shloka 15 (7.15)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः
माययाऽपहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः
॥ 7.15 ॥
na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ
māyayā'pahṛtajñānā āsuraṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ
Translation
"Those who do wrong, the deluded, those fallen from humanity in their conduct, those whose discernment has been stolen by maya, and those who have taken on a demonic nature — they do not take refuge in me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. Duṣkṛtinaḥ pāpa-kāriṇaḥ mūḍhāḥ … narādhamāḥ narāṇāṃ madhye adhamāḥ nikṛṣṭāḥ — doers of sin, the deluded, the lowest among human beings; māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ saṃmuṣita-jñānāḥ — those whose knowledge maya has stolen; āsuraṃ bhāvaṃ hiṃsānṛtādi-lakṣaṇam āśritāḥ — the demonic disposition marked by violence and falsehood and the like.
Acharya Ramanuja — four levels, increasing in gravity. Duṣkṛta-tāratamyāt caturvidhā — four kinds according to the degree of wrongdoing, uttarottarāḥ pāpiṣṭhatamāḥ — each graver than the one before:
- Mūḍhāḥ viparīta-jñānāḥ — inverted knowledge; those who take themselves and things to be theirs to "enjoy".
- Narādhamāḥ sāmānyena jñāte api mat-svarūpe mad-aunmukhyānarhāḥ — even knowing me in a general way, unable to turn towards me.
- Māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ … kūṭa-yuktibhiḥ apahṛtam — those whose knowledge has been snatched away by deceitful sophistry.
- Āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ … jñānaṃ sudṛḍham upapannaṃ yeṣāṃ dveṣāya eva bhavati — those who have firm knowledge, but it becomes a cause of hatred.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.