For Eternal Beginners
एताम् दृष्टिम् अवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानः अल्प बुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्ति उग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥ ९ ॥
etAm dRSTim avaSTabhya naSTAtmAnaH alpa buddhayaH |
prabhavanti ugrakarmANaH kSayAya jagato'hitAH || 9 ||
अवष्टभ्य [avaSTabhya] Staying एताम् दृष्टिम् [etAm dRSTim] with these opinions, नष्टात्मानः [naSTAtmAnaH] they lose the Self अल्प बुद्धयः [alpa buddhayaH] and diminish in intellect. अहिताः [ahitAH] They are a nuisance, उग्रकर्माणः [ugrakarmANaH] doing things that hurt others. प्रभवन्ति [prabhavanti] They become क्षयाय [kSayAya] the decay जगतः [jagataH] of the world.
People who disregard the Lord’s instructions stay in their opinion - they do not recognize their Self, which is separate from their body and is not perceived.
Their intellect is diminished - they are unable to distinguish the Self from the body. They don’t perceive the body as we perceive a pot or other inanimate materials. They do not realize that the Self is the power to know.
They do things that hurt others - they trouble everyone and become the decay in everything.