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BG 16.20 — 16.20 Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, not attaining Me, they thus fall, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that. | Live Gita
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आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि |
मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ||१६-२०||

āsurīṃ yonimāpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani . māmaprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yāntyadhamāṃ gatim ||16-20||


।।16.20।। हे कौन्तेय ! वे मूढ़ पुरुष जन्मजन्मान्तर में आसुरी योनि को प्राप्त होते हैं और ( इस प्रकार) मुझे प्राप्त न होकर अधम गति को प्राप्त होते है।।

Word-by-word meanings

16.20 असुरीम् demoniacal? योनिम् womb? आपन्नाः entering into? मूढाः deluded? जन्मनि जन्मनि in birth after birth? माम् Me? अप्राप्य not attaining? एव still? कौन्तेय O son of Kunti (Arjuna)? ततः than that? यान्ति (they) fall into? अधमाम् lower? गतिम् condition (path or goal).Commentary These degraded Asuras are cast into the demoniacal wombs. They are reduced to the very lowest condition or the most appalling state. They are cast into utter darkness. They fall into lower and yet lower wombs in res

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।16.20।।वे मूढ -- अविवेकीजन? जन्मजन्ममें यानी प्रत्येक जन्ममें आसुरी योनिको पाते हुए अर्थात् जिनमें तमोगुणकी बहुलता है? ऐसी योनियोंमें जन्मते हुए? नीचे गिरतेगिरते मुझ ईश्वरको न पाकर? उन पूर्वप्राप्त योनियोंकी अपेक्षा भी अधिक अधमगतिको प्राप्त होते हैं। मुझे प्राप्त न होकर ऐसा कहनेका तात्पर्य यह है कि मेरे द्वारा कहे हुए श्रेष्ठ मार्गको भी न पाकर? क्योंकि मेरी प्राप्तिकी तो उनके लिये कोई आशङ्का ही नहीं है।,

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Swami Gambirananda

16.20 Being born among the demoniacal species in births after births, the foods, without ever reaching Me, O son of Kunti, attain conditions lower than that.

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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