एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥
etāṃ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno 'lpabuddhayaḥ |prabhavanty ugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato 'hitāḥ ||
- एताम् · etām
- this
- दृष्टिम् · dṛṣṭim
- view
- अवष्टभ्य · avaṣṭabhya
- clinging to
- नष्टात्मानः · naṣṭātmānaḥ
- lost to the self, ruined in soul
- अल्पबुद्धयः · alpabuddhayaḥ
- of small understanding
- प्रभवन्ति · prabhavanti
- they flourish, grow strong
- उग्रकर्माणः · ugrakarmāṇaḥ
- of cruel deeds
- क्षयाय · kṣayāya
- for the ruin
- जगतः · jagataḥ
- of the world
- अहिताः · ahitāḥ
- enemies, harmful
“Clinging to this view, lost to themselves and small in understanding, they grow strong in cruel deeds — enemies of the world, bent on its ruin.”
— Original plain-language translation
False philosophy bears cruel fruit: those who see no order feel free to destroy it. Self-lost is the key diagnosis — harming others begins with losing oneself. Ideas have consequences, and this verse traces them unsparingly.
— Reader's notes (original)