कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः ।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ॥
karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmam acetasaḥ |māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tān viddhy āsuraniścayān ||
- कर्षयन्तः · karṣayantaḥ
- tormenting, wasting
- शरीरस्थम् · śarīrastham
- dwelling in the body
- भूतग्रामम् · bhūtagrāmam
- the host of elements (the body)
- अचेतसः · acetasaḥ
- senseless
- माम् · mām
- me
- अन्तःशरीरस्थम् · antaḥśarīrastham
- dwelling within the body
- तान् · tān
- them
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- आसुरनिश्चयान् · āsuraniścayān
- of demoniac resolve
“…senselessly tormenting the body's elements — and me who dwells within the body. Know such people to be of demoniac resolve.”
— Original plain-language translation
The charge lands: torturing the body tortures the indwelling Lord. Since Krishna lives in every frame (15.15, 16.18), violence against the body — even one's own — strikes at him. True austerity purifies; false austerity assaults.
— Reader's notes (original)