Gita Verse 16.20

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 20

Sanskrit Verse

असुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।

Transliteration

āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani

mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim

Word meanings

āsurīm—demoniac; yonim—wombs; āpannāḥ—gaining; mūḍhāḥ—the ignorant; janmani janmani—in birth after birth; mām—me; aprāpya—failing to reach; eva—even; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; tataḥ—thereafter; yānti—go; adhamām—abominable; gatim—destination

Swami Sivananda's translation

Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, they do not attain Me, thus falling, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 16