16.20 असुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्
asurīṃ yonim
Word meanings
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having come to the demoniac womb, birth after birth, and not attaining Me at all, these deluded persons, therefore, pass to the lowest state, O son of Kunti!
So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life.
Fallen into demoniac wombs in birth after birth, these deluded men, not attaining Me, further sink down to the lowest level, O Arjuna.
Being born among the demoniacal species in births after births, the foods, without ever reaching Me, O son of Kunti, attain conditions lower than that.
Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded birth after birth, not attaining Me, they thus fall, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that!
16.22 एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः।आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम्
etair
Word meanings
etaiḥ—from this;vimuktaḥ—freed;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;tamaḥ-dvāraiḥ—gates to darkness;tribhiḥ—three;naraḥ—a person;ācharati—endeavor;ātmanaḥ—soul;śhreyaḥ—welfare;tataḥ—thereby;yāti—attain;parām—supreme;gatim—goal
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O son of Kunti! A man who has deserted these three gates of darkness does what is good for his Self and thereby reaches the highest goal.
These are the gates which lead to darkness; if a man avoid them he will ensure his own welfare, and in the end will attain his liberation.
One who has been released from these threefold gates of darkness, O Arjuna, works for the good of the self. Hence he reaches the supreme state.
O son of Kunti, a person who is free from these three doors to darkness strives for the good of the soul. Thereby he attains the highest Goal.
A man who is liberated from these three gates to darkness, O Arjuna, practises what is good for him and thus goes to the Supreme goal!
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.21 त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्
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Word meanings
tri-vidham—three types of;narakasya—to the hell;idam—this;dvāram—gates;nāśhanam—destruction;ātmanaḥ—self;kāmaḥ—lust;krodhaḥ—anger;tathā—and;lobhaḥ—greed;tasmāt—therefore;etat—these;trayam—three;tyajet—should abandon
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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To the hell, there are three gates that ruin the Self: desire, anger, and greed. Hence, one should avoid these three.
The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them.
Desire, wrath and greed - this is the triple gateway to Naraka, ruinous to the self. Therefore one should abandon these three.
This door of hell, which is the destroyer of the soul, is of three kinds-passion, anger and also greed. Therefore one should forsake these three.
Triple is the gate of this hell, destructive of the self–lust, anger, and greed,–therefore, one should abandon these three.
