Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga · Verse 19

Bhagavad Gita 16.19

Repeated hatred drives a person into worse and worse forms of existence.

Wisdom translation, edited by Ankur Shukla. Commentary AI-drafted, human-reviewed. Reviewed June 2026. Methodology →

तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।
क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥
Hindi · हिन्दी
उन द्वेष करनेवाले, क्रूर स्वभाववाले और संसारमें महान् नीच, अपवित्र मनुष्योंको मैं बारबार आसुरी योनियोंमें गिराता ही रहता हूँ ॥
English
I cast those hateful, cruel, and vile people again and again into demonic births.

What this verse means

People who hate, act cruelly, and live in impurity fall into lower births again and again.

Context & commentary

Krishna continues his warning to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. After describing the traits of destructive people, he says that those who hate, harm, and degrade themselves do not rise toward freedom; they sink into worse births and conditions.

Why this verse still matters

A person keeps choosing contempt, manipulation, and violence, then wonders why life feels smaller each year. The habits do not stay private; they shape the kind of future being built.

The takeaway

Cruelty narrows the future. Repeated hostility keeps a person trapped in worse patterns.

Word-by-word translation

तान् (those) / अहम् (I) / द्विषतः (hateful) / क्रूरान् (cruel) / संसारेषु (in the cycles of worldly existence) / नराधमान् (lowest among men) / क्षिपामि (I cast) / अजस्रम् (again and again) / अशुभान् (inauspicious, impure) / आसुरीषु (into demonic) / एव (indeed) / योनिषु (wombs, births)

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