Surcharged with passion and ignorance and not knowing what was good or bad for them, the asuras, for whom impending death was waiting, began the persecution of the saintly persons.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
ते वै रजःप्रकृतयस्तमसा मूढचेतसः । सतां विद्वेषमाचेरुरारादागतमृत्यवः
te vai rajaḥprakṛtayastamasā mūḍhacetasaḥ | satāṃ vidveṣamācerurārādāgatamṛtyavaḥ
SB 10.4.45