Chapter 7: Jñāna Vijñāna Yoga – Knowledge and its Actualization: Verse 15
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढा: प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमा: ।
माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिता: ॥
na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhā:
prapadyante narādhamā:
māyayāpahṛtajñānā
āsuraṃ bhāvamāśritā: – 7.15
Fools, the lowly people, given to evil, with their discrimination stolen by Māyā, resorting to āsuric tendencies, do not seek refuge in Me.
Chapter 7: Jñāna Vijñāna Yoga – Knowledge and its Actualization - Verse 15
Ma Gurupriya
True, by taking refuge under Krishna, the Teacher, one can overcome the guṇas’ influence. But this applies only to one given to yogic pursuit with discretion and dedication.
As a rule, this benedictory move will not appeal to those who are deluded, of low-wit and given to wicked ways. They remain under the spell of illusion, and resort to evil ways and propensities.
Their sole interest and engrossment are to take to harmful indulgences. Neither by their own sound reflection nor by exhortation of the wise, have they any chance of mending their ways and adopting the path of goodness and elevation.
Elevation can only be by one’s own option and effort (6.5). Accordingly, unless they themselves change their ways and imbibe noble ways, there is no chance for improvement. Such ignoble people and their destructive ways are part of the complex Creation.
