Gita Verse 16.8

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16, Verse 8

Sanskrit Verse

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।

Transliteration

asatyam apratiṣhṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśhvaram

aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam

Word meanings

asatyam—without absolute truth; apratiṣhṭham—without any basis; te—they; jagat—the world; āhuḥ—say; anīśhvaram—without a God; aparaspara—without cause; sambhūtam—created; kim—what; anyat—other; kāma-haitukam—for sexual gratification only

Swami Sivananda's translation

They say, “This universe is without truth, without a moral basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust as its cause; what else?”

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 16