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Bhagavad Gita · 16.19 · Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures·19 of 24

तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु

tān ahaṁ dviṣhataḥ krūrān sansāreṣhu narādhamān

kṣhipāmy ajasram aśhubhān āsurīṣhv eva yoniṣhu

Sanskrit recitation

Choose a guide wiser than impulse · 16.17–16.24 · Teaching

Translation

Those cruel haters, the worst among men in the world, I hurl those evil-doers into the wombs of demons only.

Meaning

Now listen to the manner in which I deal with all these demoniacal persons who injure people and who take delight in killing people and animals and who hate Me, the indweller of all bodies. I deprive them of their human state and reduce them to a lower condition as subhuman creatures. I hurl them into the wombs of the most cruel beings such as tigers, lions, scorpions, snakes and the like. For ever only means till they purify their hearts. There is no such thing as eternal damnation.Tan Those The enemies of those who tread the path of righteousness and the haters of virtuous persons.Naradhaman Worst among men because they are guilty of the wors evil deeds and they take delight in injuring virtuous persns and in killing persons and animals ruthlessly.Asurishu yonishu Wombs of Asuras Wombs of the most cruel beings such as tigers, lions and the like.

After Swami Sivananda

Choose a guide wiser than impulse· 16.17–16.24

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
eva
indeed
aham
I
tān
these
ajasram
again and again
krūrān
cruel
yoniṣhu
in to the wombs
aśhubhān
inauspicious
kṣhipāmi
I hurl
āsurīṣhu
demoniac
dviṣhataḥ
hateful
nara-adhamān
the vile and vicious of humankind
sansāreṣhu
in the material world

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