9.12

।।9.12।। --,मोघाशाः वृथा आशाः आशिषः येषां ते मोघाशाः? तथा मोघकर्माणः यानि च अग्निहोत्रादीनि तैः अनुष्ठीयमानानि कर्माणि तानि च? तेषां भगवत्परिभवात्? स्वात्मभूतस्य अवज्ञानात्? मोघान्येव निष्फलानि कर्माणि भवन्तीति मोघकर्माणः। तथा मोघज्ञानाः मोघं निष्फलं ज्ञानं येषां ते मोघज्ञानाः? ज्ञानमपि तेषां निष्फलमेव स्यात्। विचेतसः विगतविवेकाश्च ते भवन्ति इत्यभिप्रायः। किञ्च -- ते भवन्ति राक्षसीं रक्षसां प्रकृतिं स्वभावम् आसुरीम् असुराणां च प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं मोहकरीं देहात्मवादिनीं श्रिताः आश्रिताः? छिन्द्धि? भिन्द्धि? पिब? खाद? परस्वमपहर? इत्येवं वदनशीलाः क्रूरकर्माणो भवन्ति इत्यर्थः? असुर्या नाम ते लोकाः (ई0 उ0 3) इति श्रुतेः।।ये पुनः श्रद्दधानाः भगवद्भक्तिलक्षणे मोक्षमार्गे प्रवृत्ताः --,

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9.12 Men yielding to the deluding nature characteristics of Asuras and Raksas and not aware of My higher nature like compassion etc. When I am in a human form, are possessed of vain hopes, i.e, their hopes remain fruitless, and their knowledge also is vain, i.e., is fruitless. They are so because of their erroneous understanding which fails to know that all things, mobile and immobile, belong to Me. They are ignorant on account of their being devoid of knowledge of truth everywhere. Whatever they do regarding Me, the Lord of all, is done with an attitude that I am an ordinary mortal. So their efforts go in vain. All this springs from their partaking of the nature of Raksasas and Asuras.

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9.12 मोघाशाः of vain hopes? मोघकर्माणः of vain actions? मोघज्ञानाः of vain knowledge? विचेतसः senseless? राक्षसीम् devilish? आसुरीम् undivine? च and? एव verily? प्रकृतिम् nature? मोहिनीम् deceitful? श्रिताः (are) possessed of.Commentary They entertain vain hopes? for there can be no hope in perishable forms. It is vain hope because they run after transient objects and miss the Eternal. It is vain action? because it is not performed by them as sacrifice unto the Lord. The Agnihotra (a ritual) and other actions performed by them are fruitless? because they insult the Lord. They are senseless. They have no,discrimination. They have no idea of the eternal Self. They worship their body only. They behold no self beyond the body. They neglect their own Self. They do atrocious crimes and cruel actions. They rob others property and murder people. They partake of the nature of the demons and the undivine beings.The Rakshasa are Tamasic and the Asuras are Rajasic.Prakriti means here Svabhava (ones own nature).They see the external human body only. They have no knowledge of the Self that dwells within the body. They do not behold God in the universe. They life for eating and drinking only.He who entertains hope of getting the rewards of actions through mere Karma alone? without the grace of the Lord is one of empty hope and empty deed. Karmas are insentient. They cannot give rewards independently. The omniscient Lord Who knows the relationship between Karmas and their fruits can dispense them. He who has obtained knowledge from books which do not admit of the existence of the Self and which do not speak of the Self is one of empty knowledge. This will not give any reward. That knowledge obtained through the study of spiritual books which treat of Brahman alone can give the reward. (Cf.VII.15XVI.6?20)

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