BG - 16.20

असुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।

āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim

• 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

Translation

Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, they do not attain Me, thus falling, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that.

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