na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ
māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ
na | – | av. – not; |
mām | – | asmat sn. 2n.1 – me; |
duṣkṛtinaḥ | – | duṣkṛtin 1n.3 m. – evil-doers, sinners (from: dur / dus – prefix: difficult, bad, hard; √kṛ – to do, PP kṛta – done, made; duṣ-kṛta – wrongly done, evil action, sin; -in, -min, -vin – sufixes meaning one who possesses); |
mūḍhāḥ | – | mūḍha (√muh – to become confused, bewildered, stupefied) PP 1n.1 m. – those bewildered; |
prapadyante | – | pra-√pad (to surrender) Praes. Ā 1v.3 – they surrender, they take shelter of; |
narādhamāḥ | – | nara-adhama 1n.3 m.; TP: nareṣv adhamā iti – the lowest among men (from: nṛ – man, mankind, nara – a man, a person; adhas – low, adhara – lower, adhama – lowest, vilest); |
māyayā | – | māyā 3n.1 f. – by magic, by illusion, by supernatural power; |
apahṛta-jñānāḥ | – | apahṛta-jñāna 1n.3 m.; BV: yeṣāṁ jñānam apahṛtam asti te – whose knowledge is carried away (from: apa-√hṛ – to carry away, PP apahṛta – carried away, stolen; √jñā – to know, to understand, jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, intelligence); |
āsuram | – | āsura 2n.1 m. – demoniac, hellish (from: asura – opponent of the heavenly, demon); |
bhāvam | – | bhāva 2n.1 m. – state, existence, nature (from: √bhū – to be); |
āśritāḥ | – | āśrita (ā-√śri – to adhere, to lean on, to rest on, to depend on) PP 1n.3 m. – those who took refuge, who approached (whom? – requires accusative); |
na māṃ parameśvaraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ duṣkṛtinaḥ pāpa-kāriṇaḥ mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamā narāṇāṃ madhye’dhamāḥ nikṛṣṭaḥ | te ca māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ saṃmuṣita-jñānā āsuraṃ bhāvaṃ hiṃsānṛtādi-lakṣaṇam āśritāḥ
duṣkṛtinaḥ pāpakarmāṇaḥ māṃ na prapadyate / duṣkṛtatāratamyena te caturvidhā bhavanti mūḍhāḥ, narādhamāḥ, māyayāpahṛtajñānāḥ, āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ iti / mūḍhāḥ viparītajñānāḥ; pūrvoktaprakāreṇa bhagavaccheṣataikarasam ātmānaṃ bhogyajātaṃ ca svaśeṣatayā manyamānāḥ / narādhamāḥ sāmānyena jñāte ‚pi matsvarūpe madaunmukhyānarhāḥ / māyayāpahṛtajñānāḥ madviṣayaṃ madaiśvaryaviṣayaṃ ca jñānaṃ yeṣāṃ tadasaṃbhāvanāpādinībhiḥ kūṭayuktibhir apahṛtam, te tathā uktāḥ / āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ madviṣayaṃ madaiśvaryaviṣayaṃ ca jñānaṃ sudṛḍham upapannaṃ yeṣāṃ dvaiṣāyaiva bhavati; te āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ / uttarottarāḥ pāpiṣṭhatamāḥ
nūnaṃ daivena nihatā ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām |
hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthāḥ purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ || [BhP 3.32.19] iti |
mukundaṃ ko vai na seveta vinā naretaraḥ iti ca |
apare narādhamāḥ kañcit kālaṃ bhaktimattvena prāpta-naratvā apy ante phala-prāptau na sādhanopayoga iti matvā svecchayaiva bhakti-tyāginaḥ | svakartṛka-bhakti-tyāga-lakṣaṇam eva teṣām adhamatvam iti bhāvaḥ | apare śāstrādhyāpanādi-mattve ‚pi māyayāpahṛtaṃ jñānam eṣāṃ te vaikuṇṭha-virājinī nārāyaṇa-mūrtir eva sārvakālikī-bhakti-prāpyā, na tu kṛṣṇa-rāmādi-mūrtir mānuṣīti manyamānā ity arthaḥ | yad vakṣyate avajānanti māṃ mūḍhā mānuṣīṃ tanum āśritam [Gītā 9.11] iti | te khalu māṃ prapadyamānā api na māṃ prapadyanta iti bhāvaḥ | apare āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ | asurā jarāsandhādayo mad-vigrahaṃ lakṣīkṛtya śarair vidhyanti | tathaiva dṛśyatādi-hetu-mat-kutarkair mad-vigrahaṃ vaikuṇṭha-stham api khaṇḍayanty eva | na tu prapadyanta ity arthaḥ
avidyāyām antare vartamānāḥ
svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃmanyamānāḥ |
dandramyamāṇāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā
andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ || [KaṭhU 1.2.5]
te catur-vidhāḥ – eke māyayā mūḍhāḥ karma-jaḍā indrādivan mām api viṣṇuṃ karmāṅgaṃ jīvavat karmādhīnaṃ manyamānāḥ | apare māyayā narādhamā viprādi-kula-janmanā narottamatāṃ prāpyāpy asat kāvyārthāsattyā pāmaratā-bhājaḥ | yad uktam –
nūnaṃ daivena nihatā ye cācyuta-kathā-sudhām |
hitvā śṛṇvanty asad-gāthā purīṣam iva viḍ-bhujaḥ || [BhP 3.32.19] iti |
anye māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ sāṅkhyādayaḥ | te hi sārvajña-sārvaiśvarya-sarva-sraṣṭṛtva-muktidatvādi dharmaiḥ śruti-sahasra-prasiddham api mām īśvaram apalapantaḥ prakṛtim eva sarva-sraṣṭrīṃ mokṣa-dātrīṃ ca kalpayanti | tatra tādṛśa-kuṭila-kuyukti-śatāny udbhāvayantī māyayaiva hetuḥ | kecit tu māyayaivāsuraṃ bhāvam āśritā nirviśeṣa-cin-mātra-vādinaḥ | asurā yathā nikhilānanda-karaṃ mad-vigrahaṃ śarair vidhyanti tathādṛśyatvādi-hetubhis te nitya-caitanyātmatayā śruti-prasiddham api taṃ khaṇḍayantīti tatrāpi tādṛśa-buddhy-utpādanī māyaiva hetur iti