etÄá¹ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭÄtmÄno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ prabhavanty ugra-karmÄṇaḥ ká¹£ayÄya jagato ’hitÄḥ [9]

avaṣṭabhya–Holding; etÄm–such; dṛṣṭim–a view; (asurÄḥ)–the demons; naṣṭa-ÄtmÄnaḥ–depraved; alpa-buddhayaḥ–of low intelligence; ugra-karmÄṇaḥ–of cruel acts; ahitÄḥ–of inauspicious nature; prabhavanti–become powerful; ká¹£ayÄya–for the destruction; jagataḥ–of the world. [9]


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Holding such a view, the demons, depraved and of low intelligence, become powerful and engage in cruel, inauspicious acts for the destruction of the world.

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