तांस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः ॥ ३ ॥
asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ .
tāṃste pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātmahano janāḥ .. 3 ..
Tap a word for its meaning
From the standpoint of Unity in the form of the supreme Self, even dèvas are (reckoned) as asuras. asuryāḥ=belonging to demons. nāma is a mere expletive here. te=(those), lokāḥ=births (or lives), because therein the fruits of karma are perceived or enjoyed. andhèna=of blinding nature. tamasā=by nescience. āvritāḥ=enveloped. tān=(those) viz. existences down to the immovable, pretya=having left this body. abhigachchanti=(attain) according to their past deeds and according to their devotional practices. ye ke cha=whosoever. ātmahanaḥ=those who slay the Self. Who are they? People that are ignorant . How can they slay the eternal Self? Through their failing of ignorance they veil (i.e. forget) the ever present Self. The sign of (a belief in) its existence is the consciousness of its undecaying immortal nature. This becomes veiled (i.e. forgotten), as if the Self has been slain, and the ordinary ignorant people are termed ‘slayers of Self’ . By reason of this sin of slaying the Self, they transmigrate.
Now is explained of what nature this Self is, by slaying which the ignorant transmigrate and, as distinguished from them, the learned, by not slaying it, attain final release—