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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)