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एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः।।16.9।।

etāṁ dṛiṣhṭim avaṣhṭabhya naṣhṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣhayāya jagato ’hitāḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 16, Verse 9
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect and fierce deeds come forth as enemies of the world, intent on its destruction.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: holding to this view, these lost souls of small understanding, of cruel deeds, arise as enemies of the world for its destruction, describing the practical, harmful consequences that follow from the worldview named in the previous verse.

In life: a corrosive underlying worldview doesn't stay contained as private belief, it tends to eventually produce real, visible harm to the people and world around the person holding it.

Teaching: take seriously the idea that a private, corrosive worldview you're privately entertaining doesn't stay merely private, it tends to eventually shape visible, harmful behavior, worth addressing at the worldview level before it fully manifests in action.

etāmsuch
dṛiṣhṭimviews
avaṣhṭabhyaholding
naṣhṭamisdirected
ātmānaḥsouls
alpa-buddhayaḥof small intellect
prabhavantiarise
ugracruel
karmāṇaḥactions
kṣhayāyadestruction
jagataḥof the world
ahitāḥenemies

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
16.9 एताम् this? दृष्टिम् view? अवष्टभ्य holding? नष्टात्मानः ruined souls? अल्पबुद्धयः of small intellect? प्रभवन्ति come forth? उग्रकर्माणः of fierce deeds? क्षयाय for the destruction? जगतः of the world? अहिताः enemies.Commentary They rob others. They acire wealth by destroying others. They boast of their evil actions.Nashtatmanah Ruined souls They have lost all chances of attaining Selfrealisation or going to the higher world.Alpabuddhayah They have a small intellect as they identify themselves with their little bodies full of impurities? as they have no conception of the Supreme Beign? and as their intellects are concerned with the little sensual pleasures only (eating? drinking? etc.).Ugrakarmanah Of fierce deeds They always injure others. They murder for aciring wealth. They do any heinous crime to get money and women. They bring great confusion and destroy the peace and harmony of the world.Enemies of the world World here means people who live in the world.