Bhagavad Gita · 16.19
॥
Devanāgarī
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।
क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tān ahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrān saṁsāreṣu narādhamān |
kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तान्tānthem.
अहम्ahamI.
द्विषतःdviṣataḥthe hateful.
क्रूरान्krūrānthe cruel.
संसारेषुsaṁsāreṣuinto the ocean (saṁsāra) of material existence.
नराधमान्narādhamānthe lowest of humankind.
क्षिपामिkṣipāmiI hurl, I cast down.
अजस्रम्ajasramagain and again, perpetually.
अशुभान्aśubhānthe impious, the ill-natured.
आसुरीषु एवāsurīṣu evaprecisely into demonic.
योनिषुyoniṣuforms of life, wombs.
Translation
“These hateful, cruel, ill-natured, and lowest of humankind I perpetually cast down into the ocean of material existence, into various demonic forms of life.”
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