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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 16.20

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 16.20 · 16 · Verse 20

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Sanskrit Original

।।16.20।। --,आसुरीं योनिम् आपन्नाः प्रतिपन्नाः मूढाः अविवेकिनः जन्मनि जन्मनि प्रतिजन्म तमोबहुलास्वेव योनिषु जायमानाः अधो गच्छन्तो मूढाः माम् ईश्वरम् अप्राप्य अनासाद्य एव हे कौन्तेय? ततः तस्मादपि यान्ति अधमां गतिं निकृष्टतमां गतिम्। माम् अप्राप्यैव इति न मत्प्राप्तौ काचिदपि आशङ्का अस्ति? अतः मच्छिष्टसाधुमार्गम् अप्राप्य इत्यर्थः।।सर्वस्या आसुर्याः संपदः संक्षेपः अयम् उच्यते? यस्मिन् त्रिविधे सर्वः आसुरीसंपद्भेदः अनन्तोऽपि अन्तर्भवति। यत्परिहारेण परिहृतश्च भवति? यत् मूलं सर्वस्य अनर्थस्य? तत् एतत् उच्यते --,

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16.20 Apannah, being born, having acired; (births) asurim, among the demoniacal; yonim, species; janmani janmani, in births after births; the mudhah, fools, non-discriminating ones; being born in every birth into species in which tamas prevails, and going downwards, aprapya eva, without ever reaching, approaching; mam, Me, who am God; O son of Kunti, yanti, they attain; gatim, conditions; tatah adhamam, lower even than that. Since there is not the least possibility of attaining Me, what is implied by saying, 'without ever reachin Me', is, 'by not attaining the virtuous path enjoined by Me.' This is being stated as a summary of all the demoniacal alities. The triplet-under which are comprehended all the different demoniacal alities though they are infinite in number, (and) by the avoidance of which (three) they (all the demaniacal alities) become rejected, and which is the root of all evils- is being stated: