Verse-9
Chapter 16 — Daivasursampada Vibhag Yoga
Verse 9
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
etāṁ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno'lpabuddhayaḥ
prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato'hitāḥ
🕉 English Translation
Drishti bani nastik aise jo,
Hua nashta swabhav kam akal ho.
Karne ko nuksaan bhayankar karma
Sansar mein lete hain veh janam
📜 Translation
English
Those whose nature have been destroyed by relying on this untrue knowledge and those who have little understanding, engage in doing harm to others. These cruel men use their abilities just for the destruction of the world.
This is the evil effect of atheistic beliefs! In the form of information, knowledge will exist, but completely false, misleading and without substance it will be. Knowledge is that which will brings one closer to God, becomes the basis of self-upliftment; manifests the values of life, makes life useful for oneself and for others as well. But this will happen only when in the thoughts the Lord abides, the mind believes in the Lord. The major difficulty lies in dissociating the thoughts with the Lord. Thereafter, only this will happen-neither the welfare of oneself nor of others!
Soul or the real Self is the nature of the embodied being. In its absence life has no basis. But atheistic beliefs on the sandy foundation of egoism take imaginary flights in space. Eat, drink and be merry-at all times just confinement to this! Intellect can experience that blissful essence which lies beyond this; but it is kept restricted to limited and little momentary pleasures, for one's small gain causing tremendous damage to others, for a little pleasure for oneself causing great pain to others, to slay animals and birds just for the taste of the tongue or cruelty in actions for petty wealth. What a terrifying picture of the demoniac estate!