Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
न मां पापाः प्रपद्यन्ते मूढा ये च नराधमाः । युक्तिभिर्नष्टविज्ञाना आसुरा रुद्रमाश्रिताः (आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः) ॥ २१॥
IAST
na māṃ pāpāḥ prapadyante mūḍhā ye ca narādhamāḥ | yuktibhirnaṣṭavijñānā āsurā rudramāśritāḥ (āsuraṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ) || 21||
English
The sinful do not take refuge in me—those who are deluded and lowest among people, whose discernment has been destroyed by their arguments: the demonic who have sought refuge in Rudra. A transmitted alternative reads instead, ‘those who have adopted a demonic disposition.’