BG 7.15

न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः ।
माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ॥
na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ
māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ

Word-for-word meanings

mūḍhāḥ — the fools [i.e., those utterly bereft of discrimination];  nara-adhamāḥ — those who are the lowest of men;  jñānāḥ — those whose wisdom;  apahṛta — has been carried away;  māyayā — by māyā;  āśritāḥ — [and] those who have embraced;  āsuram bhāvam — the secularist-materialistic nature;  duṣkṛtinaḥ — all such performers of unmeritorious acts;  na prapadyante — do not take refuge;  mām — in Me.

Translation

Those who are utterly bereft of discrimination, those who are the lowest of men, those whose wisdom has been carried away by māyā, and those who have embraced the secularist-materialistic (asuric*) nature — all such performers of unmeritorious acts do not take refuge in Me.

Notes

* The term asuric here signifies the materialistic nature of those whose sole aim in life is to enjoy materially without any concern for other fellow beings, nature, or karma.

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