Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac Natures
Verse 9
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 16, Verse 9
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।
Transliteration (IAST)
etāṁ dṛiṣhṭim avaṣhṭabhya naṣhṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣhayāya jagato ’hitāḥ
Translation
Holding this view, these men of lost souls and feeble understanding do cruel deeds, leading to the destruction of the world.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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