Chapter 16 · Verse 20 · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 16.20
Sanskrit
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 by Word
This verse reveals the inexorable law of consciousness: those who turn away from their divine nature, who choose ignorance and demonic ways repeatedly across lifetimes, drift further from the Self and slip into degraded states of being. Krishna speaks not with anger but with the clarity of eternal law—separation from the Divine is not punishment imposed from outside, but the natural trajectory of a consciousness that denies its own source.
When we habitually choose fear, cruelty, and disconnection in this life, we are quite literally programming our own future births and the quality of existence we will inhabit.
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Bhagavad Gita 16.20 — BG 16.20
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