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BG 16.19 — 16.19 Those cruel haters, worst among men in the world, I hurl those evil-doers into the wombs of demons only. | Live Gita
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तानहं द्विषतः क्रुरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् |
क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ||१६-१९||

tānahaṃ dviṣataḥ krurānsaṃsāreṣu narādhamān . kṣipāmyajasramaśubhānāsurīṣveva yoniṣu ||16-19||


।।16.19।। ऐसे उन द्वेष करने वाले,  क्रूरकर्मी और नराधमों को मैं संसार में बारम्बार (अजस्रम्) आसुरी योनियों में ही गिराता हूँ अर्थात् उत्पन्न करता हूँ।।

Word-by-word meanings

16.19 तान् those? अहम् I? द्विषतः (the) hating (ones)? क्रूरान् cruel? संसारेषु in the worlds? नराधमान् worst among men? क्षिपामि (I) hurl? अजस्रम् for ever? अशुभान् evildoers? आसुरीषु of demons? एव only? योनिषु in wombs.Commentary Now listen to the manner in which I deal with all these demoniacal persons who injure people and who take delight in killing people and animals and who hate Me? the indweller of all bodies. I deprive them of their human state and reduce them to a lower condition as su

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।16.19।।सन्मार्गके प्रतिपक्षी और मेरे तथा साधुपुरुषोंके साथ द्वेष करनेवाले उन सब अशुभकर्मकारी क्रूर नराधमोंको? मैं बारंबार संसारमें -- नरकप्राप्तिके मार्गमें जो प्रायः क्रूर कर्म करनेवाली व्याघ्रसिंह आदि आसुरी योनियाँ हैं उनमें ही सदा गिराता हूँ क्योंकि वे पापादि दोषोंसे युक्त हैं। क्षिपामि इस क्रियापदका? योनिषु के साथ सम्बन्ध है।

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Swami Gambirananda

16.19 I cast for ever those hateful, cruel, evil-doers in the worlds, the vilest of human beings, verily into the demoniacla classes.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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