Chapter 16 · Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 16.8

Lesson 579 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Constructive and destructive dispositions. Which dispositions support growth, and which repeatedly obstruct it?

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Shloka · Devanagari

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

asatyam apratiṣhṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśhvaramaparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam

Sandhi-vicheda

asatyam+apratiṣhṭham+te+jagat+āhuḥ+anīśhvaram+aparaspara+sambhūtam+kim+anyat+kāma-haitukam

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Meaning of each word

asatyamsource form

without absolute truth

apratiṣhṭhamsource form

without any basis

tesource form

they

jagatsource form

the world

āhuḥsource form

say

anīśhvaramsource form

without a God

aparasparasource form

without cause

sambhūtamsource form

created

kimsource form

what

anyatsource form

other

kāma-haitukamsource form

for sexual gratification only

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।16.8।। --,असत्यं यथा वयम् अनृतप्रायाः तथा इदं जगत् सर्वम् असत्यम्? अप्रतिष्ठं च न अस्य धर्माधर्मौ प्रतिष्ठा अतः अप्रतिष्ठं च? इति ते आसुराः जनाः जगत् आहुः? अनीश्वरम् न च धर्माधर्मसव्यपेक्षकः अस्य शासिता ईश्वरः विद्यते इति अतः अनीश्वरं जगत् आहुः। किं च? अपरस्परसंभूतं कामप्रयुक्तयोः स्त्रीपुरुषयोः अन्योन्यसंयोगात् जगत् सर्वं संभूतम्। किमन्यत् कामहैतुकं कामहेतुकमेव कामहैतुकम्। किमन्यत् जगतः कारणम् न किञ्चित् अदृष्टं धर्माधर्मादि कारणान्तरं विद्यते जगतः काम एव प्राणिनां कारणम् इति लोकायतिकदृष्टिः इयम्।।

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 16.8

Course position579 / 701

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