Bhagavad Gita 16.19 meaningResults of envy
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Cruel people keep ending up in hard lives.”
What it means
“These cruel, hateful people, the lowest of humanity, I keep throwing back again and again into destructive lives.”
The original Sanskrit
तानहं द्विषतः क्रुरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् । क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥
tānahaṃ dviṣataḥ krurānsaṃsāreṣu narādhamān kṣipāmyajasramaśubhānāsurīṣveva yoniṣu
Translations
Literal translation
I cast for ever those hateful, cruel, evil-doers in the worlds, the vilest of human beings, verily into the demoniacla classes.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
ऐसे उन द्वेष करने वाले, क्रूरकर्मी और नराधमों को मैं संसार में बारम्बार (अजस्रम्) आसुरी योनियों में ही गिराता हूँ अर्थात् उत्पन्न करता हू ँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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