कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः | मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ||१७-६||
karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ . māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān ||17-6||
- karṣayantaḥ
- tormenting
- śarīra-stham
- situated within the body
- bhūta-grāmam
- the combination of material elements
- acetasaḥ
- having a misled mentality
- mām
- Me
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- antaḥ
- within
- śarīra-stham
- situated in the body
- tān
- them
- viddhi
- understand
- āsura-niścayān
- demons
Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride and egoism, who are impelled by lust and attachment, who are foolish and who torture the material elements of the body as well as the Supersoul dwelling within, are to be known as demons.