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असुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 16, Verse 20
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, they do not attain Me, thus falling, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: entering demonic wombs, deluded birth after birth, not attaining Krishna, they sink to the lowest state, again emphasizing the compounding, worsening trajectory of an unaddressed pattern rather than a single, static condition.

In life: an unaddressed harmful pattern tends to genuinely worsen over an extended period rather than simply staying at the same level of severity, worth taking seriously as an active trajectory rather than a fixed, unchanging state.

Teaching: treat any harmful pattern you recognize in yourself as an active, worsening trajectory if left unaddressed, rather than a fixed, stable state you can indefinitely coexist with without consequence.

āsurīmdemoniac
yonimwombs
āpannāḥgaining
mūḍhāḥthe ignorant
janmani janmaniin birth after birth
māmme
aprāpyafailing to reach
evaeven
kaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
tataḥthereafter
yāntigo
adhamāmabominable
gatimdestination

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
16.20 असुरीम् demoniacal? योनिम् womb? आपन्नाः entering into? मूढाः deluded? जन्मनि जन्मनि in birth after birth? माम् Me? अप्राप्य not attaining? एव still? कौन्तेय O son of Kunti (Arjuna)? ततः than that? यान्ति (they) fall into? अधमाम् lower? गतिम् condition (path or goal).Commentary These degraded Asuras are cast into the demoniacal wombs. They are reduced to the very lowest condition or the most appalling state. They are cast into utter darkness. They fall into lower and yet lower wombs in response to their own satanic desires and actions and their extreme Tamasic nature. From the birth of a tiger? they will get the birth of a serpent from a serpents they will get the birth of a wormfrom that they will get the birth of a tree? etc. In Sanskrit the suffix Tara denotes comparative degree and Tama is superlative degree. These people get Nikrishtatama Yonis (the lowest wombs).They do not reach Me as their minds are filled with impurities? as they do not tread the path of righteousness in accordance with the injunctions of the scriptures. The diabolical nature is inimical to spiritual progress. Therefore? you will have to annihilate the evil tendencies by cultivating divine alities and the practice of regular meditation. Then and only then will you attain liberation.