BG 16.9
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥
etāṁ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ
prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato ’hitāḥ
prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato ’hitāḥ
Word-for-word meanings
avaṣṭabhya — upholding; etām — this; dṛṣṭim — view; ahitāḥ — such hostile individuals; naṣṭa — who are bereft; ātmānaḥ — of self-awareness; alpa-buddhayaḥ — of paltry discrimination; ugra-karmāṇaḥ — [and] performers of cruel deeds; prabhavanti — take birth; kṣayāya — solely for the destruction; jagataḥ — of the cosmos.
Translation
Upholding this view, such hostile individuals, who are bereft of self-awareness, of paltry discrimination, and performers of cruel deeds, take birth solely for the destruction of the world.