Chapter 16, Verse 20
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि। मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
āsurīṃ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani. mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṃ gatim.16.20.
Word by word
- आसुरीम्
- demonic
- योनिम्
- womb (state of existence)
- आपन्नाः
- having entered/attained
- मूढाः
- deluded ones
- जन्मनि जन्मनि
- birth after birth
- माम्
- Me
- अप्राप्य
- not attaining
- एव
- indeed/only
- कौन्तेय
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- ततः
- then/thereafter
- यान्ति
- they go
- अधमाम्
- lowest/vilest
- गतिम्
- state/destination
Commentary
Entering into demoniac wombs, the de- luded ones, in birth after birth, without ever reaching Me, O son of Kunti, pass into a condi- tion still lower than that.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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आसुरीम्
योनिम्
आपन्नाः
मूढाः
जन्मनि जन्मनि
माम्
अप्राप्य
एव
कौन्तेय
ततः
यान्ति
अधमाम्
गतिम्
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