Bhagavad Gita 7.15
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः | माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः ||
na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ | māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ ||
Translation
The doers of evil, the deluded, the basest of men, do not resort to me, being deprived of their knowledge by illusion, and inclined to the demoniac form.
Reflection
Which of these four conditions runs underneath a person you struggle to reach?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Seven
He lists the four who do not turn. The evildoers. The deluded. The lowest of men. Those whose knowledge has been stolen by maya and who lean on the demonic. The list is not a moral ranking for its own sake. It is a description of what closes the door from the inside. Evil action hardens the heart. Delusion fogs the eye. Lowness of motive shrinks the chest. And once knowing has been carried away by appetite, the man cannot even see what he is missing. Krishna is not condemning. He is telling Arjuna why some never come. The door is not locked. They are facing the other wall.