Verse 7.15
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः | माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ||१५||
Transliteration (IAST)
na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ | māyayāpahṛtajñānā āsuraṁ bhāvamāśritāḥ ||15||
Word-by-Word Meanings
दुष्कृतिनः-evil-doers
मूढाः-the deluded
नराधमाः-lowest among men
माययापहृतज्ञानाः-whose knowledge is stolen by maya
आसुरम्-demonic
भावम्-nature
Translation
The evil-doers, the deluded, the lowest of men, whose knowledge is stolen by maya, and who partake of a demonic nature - they do not surrender unto Me.
Commentary
Krishna describes four types who fail to seek the Divine: the wicked (duskritinah), the foolish (mudhah), the degraded (naradhamah), and those whose discrimination is clouded by maya. Shankaracharya explains these represent progressive degrees of spiritual blindness caused by accumulated negative karma.
Themes
bhaktidharmasurrender