16.7 प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते
pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidur
Word meanings
pravṛittim—proper actions;cha—and;nivṛittim—improper actions;cha—and;janāḥ—persons;na—not;viduḥ—comprehend;āsurāḥ—those possessing demoniac nature;na—neither;śhaucham—purity;na—nor;api—even;cha—and;āchāraḥ—conduct;na—nor;satyam—truthfulness;teṣhu—in them;vidyate—exist
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The demoniac do not know the origin and the dissolution; neither purity, nor good conduct, nor truth exists in them.
The godless do not know how to act or how to renounce. They have neither purity nor truth. They do not understand the right principles of conduct.
The demoniac men know neither action nor renunciation. Cleanliness is not in them, nor even right conduct, nor truth.
Neither do the demoniacal persons under-stand what is to be done and what is not to be done; nor does purity, or even good conduct or truthfulness exist in them.
The demoniacal know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither purity nor right conduct nor truth is found in them.
16.9 एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः।प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः
etāṃ dṛṣṭim
Word meanings
etām—such;dṛiṣhṭim—views;avaṣhṭabhya—holding;naṣhṭa—misdirected;ātmānaḥ—souls;alpa-buddhayaḥ—of small intellect;prabhavanti—arise;ugra—cruel;karmāṇaḥ—actions;kṣhayāya—destruction;jagataḥ—of the world;ahitāḥ—enemies
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Clinging to this view, the inauspicious men of ruined souls, poor intellect, and cruel deeds strive to destroy the world.
Thinking thus, these degraded souls, these enemies of mankind - whose intelligence is negligible and whose deeds are monstrous - come into the world only to destroy.
Holding this view, these men of lost souls and feeble understanding do cruel deeds for the destruction of the world.
Holding on to this view, (these people) who are of depraved character, of poor intellect, given to fearful actions and harmful, wax strong for the ruin of the world.
Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellects and fierce deeds, come forth as enemies of the world for its destruction.
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.8 असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्
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Word meanings
asatyam—without absolute truth;apratiṣhṭham—without any basis;te—they;jagat—the world;āhuḥ—say;anīśhvaram—without a God;aparaspara—without cause;sambhūtam—created;kim—what;anyat—other;kāma-haitukam—for sexual gratification only
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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They say that this world is without truth; has no basis; and has no Lord; this is not born on the basis of the mutual cause-and-effect-relation [of the things]; it has nothing [beyond] and has no cause.
They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else.
They maintain: 'The universe is without truth, without any foundation and without a Lord (Isvara). What else can exist without mutual causation? It has lust for its cause.'
They say that the world is unreal, it has no basis, it is without a God. It is born of mutual union brought about by passion! What other (cause can there be)?
They say: “This universe is without truth, without a (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?”
