BHAGAVAD-GITA 16:19

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 16:19

 

tan aham dvisatah kruran

samsaresu naradhaman

ksioamy ajasram asubhan

asurisv eva yonisu

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

tan--those; aham--I; dvisatah--envious; kruran--mischievous;

samsaresu--into the ocean of material existence; nara-adhaman--the

lowest of mankind; ksipami--I put; ajasram--forever;

asubhan--inauspicious; asurisu--demoniac; eva--certainly; yonisu--into

the wombs.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, I

perpetually cast into the ocean of material existence, into various

demoniac species of life.

 

PURPORT

 

In this verse it is clearly indicated that the placing of a particular

individual soul in a particular body is the prerogative of the supreme

will. The demoniac person may not agree to accept the supremacy of the

Lord, and it is a fact that he may act according to his own whims, but

his next birth will depend upon the decision of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead and not on himself. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam,

Third Canto, it is stated that an individual soul, after his death, is

put into the womb of a mother where he gets a particular type of body

under the supervision of superior power. Therefore in the material

existence we find so many species of life--animals, insects, men, and

so on. All are arranged by the superior power. They are not

accidental. As for the demoniac, it is clearly said here that they are

perpetually put into the wombs of demons, and thus they continue to be

envious, the lowest of mankind. Such demoniac species of men are held

to be always full of lust, always violent and hateful and always

unclean. The many kinds of hunters in the jungle are considered to

belong to the demoniac species of life.

 

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