Chapter 16, Verse 19
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्। क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु।।16.19।।
tān ahaṃ dviṣataḥ krūrān saṃsāreṣu narādhamān। kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu।।16.19।।
Word by word
- तान्
- those (men)
- अहम्
- I
- द्विषतः
- hateful, malicious
- क्रूरान्
- cruel
- संसारेषु
- into the cycles of birth and death (worldly existences)
- नराधमान्
- the lowest of men
- क्षिपामि
- I cast/hurl
- अजस्रम्
- perpetually, continually
- अशुभान्
- inauspicious, ill-fated
- आसुरीषु
- demonic
- एव
- only, indeed
- योनिषु
- wombs
Commentary
These cruel haters, worst of men, I hurl these evil-doers for ever in the worlds into the wombs of the demons only.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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तान्
अहम्
द्विषतः
क्रूरान्
संसारेषु
नराधमान्
क्षिपामि
अजस्रम्
अशुभान्
आसुरीषु
एव
योनिषु
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