Chapter 17, Verse 6
कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः। मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्।।17.6।।
karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ. māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān.।17.6।।
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- कर्षयन्तः (karṣayantaḥ)
- tormenting/afflicting (nominative plural, referring to those performing austerities)
- शरीरस्थं (śarīra-sthaṁ)
- situated in the body
- भूतग्रामम् (bhūta-grāmam)
- the aggregate/collection of elements (i.e., the physical body composed of elements)
- अचेतसः (acetasaḥ)
- senseless/foolish ones (nominative plural, describing the ascetics)
- माम् (mām)
- Me (accusative singular, referring to the Supreme)
- च (ca)
- and
- एव (eva)
- indeed/also (emphatic particle)
- अन्तःशरीरस्थं (antaḥ-śarīra-sthaṁ)
- dwelling within the body
- तान् (tān)
- them (accusative plural, referring to those ascetics)
- विद्धि (viddhi)
- know (imperative, 'you should know')
- आसुरनिश्चयान् (āsura-niścayān)
- of demonic resolve/intention (accusative plural, describing their nature)
Commentary
6. Weakening all the elements in the body — fools they are — and Me who dwell in the body within ; know thou these to be of demoniac resolves.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कर्षयन्तः (karṣayantaḥ)
शरीरस्थं (śarīra-sthaṁ)
भूतग्रामम् (bhūta-grāmam)
अचेतसः (acetasaḥ)
माम् (mām)
च (ca)
एव (eva)
अन्तःशरीरस्थं (antaḥ-śarīra-sthaṁ)
तान् (tān)
विद्धि (viddhi)
आसुरनिश्चयान् (āsura-niścayān)
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