ते वै रज:प्रकृतयस्तमसा मूढचेतस: । सतां विद्वेषमाचेरुरारादागतमृत्यव: ॥ ४५ ॥
te vai rajaḥ-prakṛtayas tamasā mūḍha-cetasaḥ satāṁ vidveṣam ācerur ārād āgata-mṛtyavaḥ
- te
- all the asuric ministers
- vai
- indeed
- rajaḥ-prakṛtayaḥ
- surcharged with the mode of passion
- tamasā
- overwhelmed by the mode of ignorance
- mūḍha-cetasaḥ
- foolish persons
- satām
- of saintly persons
- vidveṣam
- persecution
- āceruḥ
- executed
- ārāt āgata-mṛtya-vaḥ
- impending death having already overtaken them
Surcharged with passion and ignorance and not knowing what was good or bad for them, the asuras, for whom impending death was waiting, began the persecution of the saintly persons.