न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः ।माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ॥
na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ |māyayāpahṛtajñānā āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ ||
- दुष्कृतिनः · duṣkṛtinaḥ
- evildoers
- मूढाः · mūḍhāḥ
- the deluded
- न प्रपद्यन्ते · na prapadyante
- do not take refuge
- नराधमाः · narādhamāḥ
- lowest of men
- मायया अपहृतज्ञानाः · māyayā apahṛtajñānāḥ
- whose knowledge is stolen by maya
- आसुरम् · āsuram
- demoniac
- आश्रिताः · āśritāḥ
- resorting to
“Evildoers, the deluded, the lowest of men do not take refuge in me — their knowledge stolen by maya, resorting to a demoniac temper.”
— Original plain-language translation
Four harsh terms diagnose refusal of refuge as moral and cognitive failure together. Stolen knowledge cannot recognize its rescuer. Chapter 16 will expand the demoniac portrait.
— Reader's notes (original)