मोघ आशः मोघ कर्मणः मोघ ज्ञानः विचेतसः
राक्षसीम् आसुरीम् च एव प्रकृतिम् मोहिनीम् श्रिताः
मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः ।
राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥९:१२॥
moghaashaa moghakarmaano moghagnyaanaa vichetasah
raakshaseemaasureem chaiva prakritim mohineem shritaah ||9:12||
mogha aashah mogha karmanah mogha gnyaanah vichetasah
raakshaseem aasureem cha eva prakritim mohineem shritaah
Purport The bewildered, resorting to delusions have futile hopes, futile actions, futile knowledge and are just demonic and evil spirited in nature.
आशः (aashah) -- hopes
मोघ (mogha) -- futile; useless; fruitless
कर्मणः (karmanah) -- actions
मोघ (mogha) -- futile; useless; fruitless
ज्ञानः (gnyaanah) -- knowledge
विचेतसः (vichetasah) -- ignorant; bewildered
आसुरीम् (aasureem) -- evil spirited
च (cha) -- also; and
एव (eva) -- only; just; alone
प्रकृतिम् (prakritim) -- primordial matter; nature
मोहिनीम् (mohineem) -- illusion; delusion; confusion
श्रिताः (shritaah) -- sheltering; resorting to