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BG 16.9

एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः

etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno'lpabuddhayaḥ
prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato'hitāḥ

TRANSLATION

Holding this view, these men of lost souls and feeble understanding do cruel deeds for the destruction of the world.

PURPORT

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 ‘feeble 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.