Chapter 16 Shloka 19

तानहं द्विषत: क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्।

क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु।।१९।।

The Lord says, O Arjuna:

I repeatedly cast these people who harbour malice,

these evil doers and vile performers of cruel deeds,

into the degraded demonic species of the world.

Chapter 16 Shloka 19

तानहं द्विषत: क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्।

क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु।।१९।।

The Lord says, O Arjuna:

I repeatedly cast these people who harbour malice, these evil doers and vile performers of cruel deeds, into the degraded demonic species of the world.

Individuals who are fit for the demonic species

The Lord says, I repeatedly throw into the degraded demonic wombs:

a) those who have strayed from the path of Truth;

b) those who escape from their duties;

c) those degraded, stubborn souls who bode evil;

d) those who are of a fiery temperament.

1. The ever discontented, infuriated and quick tempered people receive the demonic wombs.

2. Those who turn away from the Truth attain diabolical wombs susceptible to the throes of rebirth and death.

3. Crazed and attachment ridden souls attain wombs which furnish only sorrow, and the repeated prospect of birth and death.

4. Egoistic, proud and arrogant people only attain demonic wombs.

5. Those whose actions are contrary to the code prescribed by the Scriptures attain demonic wombs.

6. Those inveterate sinners who act contrary to humane values attain painful and sorrowful wombs trapped in the cycle of birth and death. The tyrannical and the wicked attain demonic wombs.

Little one, such demonic souls:

a) cause great agony to the parents;

b) cause distress to husband and wife;

c) oppress their brothers and sisters;

d) render their children orphans;

e) are a blot on the nation’s fair name;

f) collect wealth through deceitful and improper means;

g) rob others of their livelihood and even their life;

h) steal the good name of others;

i)  are an eternal cause of sorrow to others;

j)  live only for the satiation of their desires;

k) exist only for self-establishment and tell any number of lies in order to ensure it;

l)  pressurise and subjugate those abiding in the Truth in order to safeguard their own lie!

In order to protect their wealth and their repute, such people constantly:

a) cause the ruin of others;

b) find fault with others;

c) trouble others.

These ungrateful, selfish, hard hearted people, who take recourse to deceitful means to attain what they seek, are capable only of criticism.

These sinful people are veritable demons. They are murderers. The Lord says, “I cast such people repeatedly into demonic wombs.” Such demons receive the support and association of other like souls through each birth.

Now understand what the Lord means when He claims that it is He who repeatedly throws these people into the pit of demonic births.

The seed of the fruit of action sprouts:

a) in the presence and under the authority of Truth;

b) by the justice rendered by Truth;

c) when it receives the fruit of vice and virtue bestowed by the Supreme Truth.

The measure of an individual’s deeds is the Gita, in other words it is:

a) a life is imbued with the injunctions of the Gita;

b) a life lived in accordance with the Word of the Gita;

c) a life moulded by the dharma propounded by the Gita.

You can either be the Gita embodied and the epitome of all that the Gita propounds, or else you are at complete variance with the path of Truth.

In that case, one is neither established in the Truth, nor even a pilgrim on the path of the Truth. The Gita is Lord Krishna Himself. It is a clear exposition of His true being. Gita is Truth Itself. It is the scale by which the individual is measured and becomes the recipient of the appropriate fruits of action.

1. The Gita elucidates on the nature of Brahm.

2. The Gita propounds His true Essence.

3. The Gita describes His dharma.

4. The Gita lays down His Universal Law.

5. The Gita illustrates His basic core.

6. The Gita describes His mode of governance.

7. The Gita is a description of the manifest form of dharma in His life.

8. The Gita is an exposition on His justice.

9. The Gita is a description of His constitution.

Thus the Gita contains His irrevocable law. The Gita is that Truth whereby the individual can weigh himself and his life. From this point of view it could be said that the essence of Lord Krishna bestows the fruits of action.

Through the decree of That Supreme Justice and in the presidency of That Truth, the seeds of action attain varied wombs. The fruits are in accordance with the actions performed. How this cycle of action is perpetrated has been discussed earlier in detail.