Continuing from the previous verse regarding those who mock Him, Krishna details the devastating consequences of such a disconnected worldview. He describes these individuals as 'vicetasaḥ' (bewildered or lacking true discrimination). Because they have taken shelter (śritāḥ) in a deluding, deceptive material nature (prakṛtiṃ mohinīṃ) characterized by demonic (rākṣasīm) and atheistic/materialistic (āsurīṃ) mindsets, everything they do turns to zero. Their grand hopes and aspirations are baffled (moghāśā), their hard-fought actions and careers are ultimately fruitless (mogha-karmāṇo), and their accumulation of knowledge is rendered vain and useless (mogha-jñānā).