Chapter 16, Verse 8
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्। अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।
asatyamapratiṣṭhaṃ te jagadāhuranīśvaram। aparasparasambhūtaṃ kimanyatkāmahaitukam॥16.8॥
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- असत्यम्
- unreal/untrue
- अप्रतिष्ठम्
- without foundation/support
- ते
- they (the demoniac)
- जगत्
- the world
- आहुः
- say/declare
- अनीश्वरम्
- without a controller/God
- अपरस्परसम्भूतम्
- arisen merely from mutual union (of male and female, i.e. by chance/lust)
- किम् अन्यत्
- what else
- कामहैतुकम्
- caused by lust alone
Commentary
8, They say, " the universe is unreal, without a basis, without a Lord, born of mutual union, brought about by lust ; what else ?"
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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असत्यम्
अप्रतिष्ठम्
ते
जगत्
आहुः
अनीश्वरम्
अपरस्परसम्भूतम्
किम् अन्यत्
कामहैतुकम्
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