Bhagavad Gita · 16.8
॥
Devanāgarī
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।
अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśvaram |
aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
असत्यम्asatyamunreal, devoid of truth.
अप्रतिष्ठम्apratiṣṭhamwithout (a-) foundation (pratiṣṭham).
तेtethey.
जगत् आहुःjagat āhuḥthey say (āhuḥ) that the world (jagat).
अनीश्वरम्an-īśvaramwithout (an-) a controller (īśvaram).
अपरस्परसम्भूतम्aparaspara-sambhūtamarisen (sambhūtam) from a chance union (aparaspara).
किम् अन्यत्kim anyatwhat else? what other cause?
कामहैतुकम्kāma-haitukamother than lust (kāma) as the cause (haitukam).
Translation
“They say that this world is unreal, without any foundation, and has no controller. They claim that it arose from a chance union and has no cause other than lust.”
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