Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated.

When the Divine is mocked or dismissed, everything built upon that dismissal becomes hollow: hopes become futile, actions become meaningless, and even knowledge leads nowhere. The one who rejects the foundation cannot build anything that lasts. This is not a curse but a consequence of the inner alignment chosen.