एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः | प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ||१६-९||
etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno.alpabuddhayaḥ . prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato.ahitāḥ ||16-9||
Chapter 16 · Verse 9
Daiva Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
दैवीसम्पद्विभागयोग
Translation
16.9 Holding this view, these men of lost souls and fele understanding do cruel deeds for the destruction of the world.
Meaning
They rob others. They acire wealth by destroying others. They boast of their evil actions. Nashtatmanah Ruined souls They have lost all chances of attaining Selfrealisation or going to the higher world. Alpabuddhayah They have a small intellect as they identify themselves with their little bodies full of impurities as they have no conception of the Supreme Beign and as their intellects are concerned with the little sensual pleasures only (eating drinking etc.). Ugrakarmanah Of fierce deeds They always injure others. They murder for aciring wealth. They do any heinous crime to get money and women. They bring great confusion and destroy the peace and harmony of the world. Enemies of the world World here means people who live in the world.
Word by word
एताम् this दृष्टिम् view अवष्टभ्य holding नष्टात्मानः ruined souls अल्पबुद्धयः of small intellect प्रभवन्ति come forth उग्रकर्माणः of fierce deeds क्षयाय for the destruction जगतः of the world अहिताः enemies.