Men’s life as guided by materialism.
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्त्युप्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥ ९ ॥
etāṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno’lpabuddhayaḥ .
prabhavantyuprakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato’hitāḥ .. 9 ..
Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect, of fierce deeds, rise as the enemies of the world * for its destruction.
World. Sentient beings.—A.
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Ruined souls : having lost all chances of going to the higher worlds. Their intellect is small, as it concerns itself only with sense-objects. Of fierce deeds : intent on injuring others.