Gita Verse 17.6

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17, Verse 6

Sanskrit Verse

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्।।17.6।।

Transliteration

karṣhayantaḥ śharīra-sthaṁ bhūta-grāmam achetasaḥ

māṁ chaivāntaḥ śharīra-sthaṁ tān viddhy āsura-niśhchayān

Word meanings

karṣhayantaḥ—torment; śharīra-stham—within the body; bhūta-grāmam—elements of the body; achetasaḥ—senseless; mām—me; cha—and; eva—even; antaḥ—within; śharīra-stham—dwelling in the body; tān—them; viddhi—know; āsura-niśhchayān—of demoniacal resolves

Swami Sivananda's translation

Know thou these to be of demonical resolves, senselessly torturing all the elements in the body and Me who dwell in the body.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 17