Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 12
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतस: ।
राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिता: ॥
moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo
mogha-jñānā vicetasa:
rākṣasīm-āsurīṃ caiva
prakṛtiṃ mohinīṃ śritā: – 9.12
With vain desires, activities and knowledge, devoid of discrimination, they resort to a delusive demoniacal and fiendish nature.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 12
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna uses very strong words to describe those who given to disregard and doubt, cavil at the spiritual and divine status of human body, a residence for the all-pervading spiritual presence – the Soul.
Deluded in every way, they foster wicked and destructive hopes and desires. They have no appeal for discretion or discrimination. Maleficence takes over their thoughts, words and deeds. They will not listen to what others say, holding what they feel and think alone to be correct, thus closing the door for correction or improvement.
The tendency to speak ill of others, especially of great and noble souls, is very strong with the deluded. Krishna calls their nature demoniacal and fiendish, caused by excessive predominance of rajo-guna and tamo-guna. Harshness, anger, hatred and intolerance are the consequence. Krishna describes such nature and tendencies as rākshasī and āsurī, destructive to the core.
