Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 16.19

तानहं द्विषत: क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्

tān ahaṁ dviṣhataḥ krūrān sansāreṣhu narādhamān kṣhipāmy ajasram aśhubhān āsurīṣhv eva yoniṣhu āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (25 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

These hateful and cruel, the lowest among men, I cast perpetually into demonic wombs in the cycles of rebirth. The harshest verse in the Gita, and its consequence is still described as another birth rather than as an ending.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Even here the consequence is another birth, not an ending.