Gita Verse 16.19

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 19

Sanskrit Verse

तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्।क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु।।16.19।।

Transliteration

tān ahaṁ dviṣhataḥ krūrān sansāreṣhu narādhamān

kṣhipāmy ajasram aśhubhān āsurīṣhv eva yoniṣhu

Word meanings

tān—these; aham—I; dviṣhataḥ—hateful; krūrān—cruel; sansāreṣhu—in the material world; nara-adhamān—the vile and vicious of humankind; kṣhipāmi—I hurl; ajasram—again and again; aśhubhān—inauspicious; āsurīṣhu—demoniac; eva—indeed; yoniṣhu—in to the wombs;

Swami Sivananda's translation

Those cruel haters, the worst among men in the world, I hurl those evil-doers into the wombs of demons only.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 16