Having established that 'surrender' is the only escape route in Verse 14, Krishna now gives a brutal, clinical diagnosis of those who absolutely refuse to take that route. He lists four specific categories of people who do not surrender to Him (na māṃ prapadyante). They are: 1. The foolish/stubbornly ignorant workers of wickedness (duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ). 2. The lowest and most degraded among mankind (narādhamāḥ). 3. Those whose intellect and true knowledge have been completely hijacked and stolen by illusion (māyayāpahṛta-jñānā). 4. Those who have actively taken refuge in a demonic, atheistic, and cruel nature (āsuraṃ bhāvam āśritāḥ).