Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16 Verse 9
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 16 श्लोक 9

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



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
16.9 Holding on to this view, (these people) who are of depraved character, of poor intellect, given to fearful actions and harmful, wax strong for the ruin of the world.


English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary
16.9 Holding this view, viz., supporting this view, these men of lost souls do not realise that the self is different from the body. They are of fele understanding, they lack the discernment that the self is to be known as different from the body, because of Its being the knower in the body which is an object of knowledge such as jars etc. These are of cruel deeds viz., they do much harm to everybody; they are born to bring ruin to the world.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 16.9Etaam drishtimavashtabhya nashtaatmaano’lpabuddhayah;
Prabhavantyugrakarmaanah kshayaaya jagato’hitaah.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 16.9etām—such; dṛiṣhṭim—views; avaṣhṭabhya—holding; naṣhṭa—misdirected; ātmānaḥ—souls; alpa-buddhayaḥ—of small intellect; prabhavanti—arise; ugra—cruel; karmāṇaḥ—actions; kṣhayāya—destruction; jagataḥ—of the world; ahitāḥ—enemies