Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 239

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-7 Adhyātma Yogaḥ

na māṃ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ | māyayāpahṛta jñānā āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ || 15 || 15. The malefactors, the foolish, the lowest of people, those persons deprived of wisdom by delusion (Māya) and those who are dominated by demoniac nature they do not seek refuge in Me. Commentary ‘malefactors’, (duṣkṛtina) those who act in a wrongful manner and do not seek refuge, they are of four types, according to the degree of their immoral deeds:— ‘The foolish’ (mūḍhah) are those who are confused. Right Knowledge consists in understanding that the Self is dependent on the Lord and exists for Him. But ‘the foolish’ think they are independent and also that all enjoyable things of the world are their own and exist for their personal enjoyment. ‘The lowest of people’ (narādhamāḥ) are those who are incapable of turning towards Krishna, even though they have a general knowledge of His essential nature. ‘Persons who are deprived of insight by Māya’ (Māyayā’pahrta-jñāna) are those who know about Krishna and His manifestations, but due to deceitful reasoning they contend that such teachings are inconsistent and impossible. ‘Those of demoniac nature’ (āsuram) are those who have definitive knowledge about Krishna and His manifestations but hate Him. The intensity of sinfulness increases in these types in the order in which they are successively placed.