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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 20

Divine and Demoniac Natures

असुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्

āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim

What does Bhagavad Gita 16.20 mean?

So, reborn, they spend life after life enveloped in delusion, and they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into even lower forms of life.

Word-by-word meaning

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

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