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BG 17.6 — 17.6 Senseless, torturing all the elements in the body and Me also, Who dwell in the body, know thou these to be of demonical resolves. | Live Gita
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कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः |
मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ||१७-६||

karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ . māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān ||17-6||


।।17.6।। और शरीरस्थ भूतसमुदाय को तथा मुझ अन्तर्यामी को भी कृश करने वाले अर्थात् कष्ट पहुँचाने वाले जो अविवेकी लोग हैं, उन्हें तुम आसुरी निश्चय वाले जानो।।

Word-by-word meanings

17.6 कर्षयन्तः torturing? शरीरस्थम् dwelling in the body? भूतग्रामम् all the elements? अचेतसः senseless? माम् Me? च and? एव even? अन्तःशरीरस्थम् who dwells in the body within? तान् them? विद्धि know? आसुरनिश्चयान् to be of demoniac resolves.Commentary Bhutagramam The aggregate of all the elements composing the body.Elements Organs.Mam Me Vaasudeva? the witness of their thoughts and deeds.He who thus tortures Me disregards My teachings entirely.Achetasah Senseless? unintelligent? having no discri

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।17.6।।वे अविवेकी मनुष्य? शरीरमें स्थित इन्द्रियादि करणोंके रूपमें परिणत भूतसमुदायको और शरीरके भीतर अन्तरात्मारूपसे स्थित? उनके कर्म और बुद्धिके साक्षी? मुझ ईश्वरको भी? कृश ( तंग ) करते हुए -- मेरी आज्ञाको न मानना ही मुझे कृश करना है? इस प्रकार मुझे कृश करते हुए ( घोर तप करते हैं ) उनको तू आसुरी निश्चयवाले जान। जिनका असुरोंकासा निश्चय हो? वे आसुरी निश्चयवाले कहलाते हैं। उनका सङ्ग त्याग करनेके लिये तू उनको जान? यह उपदेश है।

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Swami Gambirananda

17.6 (And who,) being non-discriminating, torture, all the organs in the body as also even Me who reside in the body,-know them as possessed of demoniacal conviction.

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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