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Chapter 16 · Verse 20 · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 16.20

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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

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
Simplified Perspective

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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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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