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Bhagavad Gita 7.15

Chapter 7, Verse 15

Part of 7: Jñāna Vijñāna Yogज्ञानविज्ञानयोग

न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः। माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः॥

Transliteration

na māṁ duṣhkṛitino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛita-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśhritāḥ

Meaning

The evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; those whose knowledge is destroyed by illusion follow the ways of demons.

Word-by-word meaning
nanotmāmunto meduṣhkṛitinaḥthe evil doersmūḍhāḥthe ignorantprapadyantesurrendernara-adhamāḥone who lazily follows one’s lower naturemāyayāby God’s material energyapahṛita jñānāḥthose with deluded intellectāsuramdemoniacbhāvamnatureāśhritāḥsurrender
Commentary

These three kinds of people have no discrimination between right and wrong, the Real and the unreal. They commit murder, robbery, theft and other kinds of atrocious actions. They speak untruth and injure others in a variety of ways. Those who follow the ways of the demons take the body as the Self like Vivochana and worship it with flowers, scents, unguents, nice clothes and palatable foods of various sorts. They are deluded souls. They try to nourish their body and do various sorts of evil actions to attain this end. Therefore they do not worship Me. Ignorance is the root cause of all these evils. (Cf. XVI.16and20)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7, Verse 15?
The evil-doers and the deluded, who are the lowest of men, do not seek Me; those whose knowledge is destroyed by illusion follow the ways of demons.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 15 of Chapter 7 (Jñāna Vijñāna Yog — Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.