Bhagavad Gita
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श्लोक 12 – Verse 12

मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।
राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः।।9.12।।

moghāśhā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vichetasaḥ
rākṣhasīm āsurīṁ chaiva prakṛitiṁ mohinīṁ śhritāḥ

शब्दों का अर्थ

mogha-āśhāḥ—of vain hopes; mogha-karmāṇaḥ—of vain actions; mogha-jñānāḥ—of baffled knowledge; vichetasaḥ—deluded; rākṣhasīm—demoniac; āsurīm—atheistic; cha—and; eva—certainly; prakṛitim—material energy; mohinīm—bewildered; śhritāḥ—take shelter

Translations by Teachers (आचार्यो द्वारा अनुवाद):

Swami Ramsukhdas (Hindi)

।।9.12।। जिनकी सब आशाएँ व्यर्थ होती हैं, सब शुभ-कर्म व्यर्थ होते हैं और सब ज्ञान व्यर्थ होते हैं अर्थात् जिनकी आशाएँ, कर्म और ज्ञान सत्-फल देनेवाले नहीं होते, ऐसे अविवेकी मनुष्य आसुरी, राक्षसी और मोहिनी फकृतिका आश्रय लेते हैं।

Swami Tejomayananda (Hindi)

।।9.12।। वृथा आशा, वृथा कर्म और वृथा ज्ञान वाले अविचारीजन राक्षसों के और असुरों के मोहित करने वाले स्वभाव को धारण किये रहते हैं।।
 

Swami Adidevananda (English)

Senseless people have a nature that is deluding and similar to that of rakshasas and asuras. Their hopes are futile, their actions are futile, and their knowledge is futile.

Swami Gambirananda (English)

Possessed of vain hopes, vain actions, vain knowledge, and senselessness, they become verily possessed of the deceptive disposition of fiends and demons.

Swami Sivananda (English)

They are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and undivine beings, filled with vain hopes, vain actions, and vain knowledge that is senseless.

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan (English)

They are of futile aspirations, futile actions, futile knowledge, and wrong intellect; and they take recourse only to the delusive nature that is both demoniac and devilish.

Shri Purohit Swami (English)

Their hopes are futile, their actions worthless, their knowledge ineffective; they are without sense, deceitful, barbaric, and godless.