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9.12Krishna
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मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः ।राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥

moghāśā moghakarmāṇo moghajñānā vicetasaḥ | rākṣasīm āsurīṃ caiva prakṛtiṃ mohinīṃ śritāḥ ||

मोघाशाः · moghāśāḥ
of vain hopes
विचेतसः · vicetasaḥ
bereft of judgment
राक्षसीम् · rākṣasīm
demoniac, fierce
आसुरीम् · āsurīm
ungodly
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.

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