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GĪTĀ 16.19Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga · Divine and Demoniac Natures

16.19Krishna
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तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥

tān ahaṃ dviṣataḥ krūrān saṃsāreṣu narādhamān |kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu ||

तान् · tān
them
अहम् · aham
I
द्विषतः · dviṣataḥ
the hateful
क्रूरान् · krūrān
the cruel
नराधमान् · narādhamān
the lowest of men
क्षिपामि · kṣipāmi
I cast
अजस्रम् · ajasram
ever, repeatedly
अशुभान् · aśubhān
the inauspicious, vile
आसुरीषु · āsurīṣu
into demoniac
योनिषु · yoniṣu
wombs, births

“These hateful, cruel, vile lowest of men I cast ever again into the round of rebirth — into demoniac wombs.”

— Original plain-language translation

Harsh words, but read as natural consequence rather than vindictiveness: hatred shapes the hater's next becoming. The Lord's 'casting' is the law of karma personified. Even here the door is not locked forever, as the next verse's cycle implies.

— Reader's notes (original)

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