मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः ।राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥
moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ | rākṣasīm āsurīṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ mohinīṃ śritāḥ ||
- मोघाशाः · moghāśāḥ
- of vain hopes
- मोघकर्माणः · moghakarmāṇaḥ
- of futile deeds
- मोघज्ञानाः · moghajñānāḥ
- of empty knowledge
- विचेतसः · vicetasaḥ
- bereft of judgment
- राक्षसीम् · rākṣasīm
- demoniac, fierce
- आसुरीम् · āsurīm
- ungodly
- प्रकृतिम् · prakṛtim
- nature
- मोहिनीम् · mohinīm
- deluding
- श्रिताः · śritāḥ
- resorting to, clinging to
“Of vain hopes, futile deeds, and empty knowledge, bereft of judgment — they cling to a fierce, ungodly, deluding nature.”
— Original plain-language translation
Threefold futility — hoping, doing, knowing — all wasted for want of center. Character follows allegiance: clinging to the deluding nature shapes a deluded life. Chapter 16 will catalogue this nature in full.
— Reader's notes (original)