Verse 16.8

bg.16.8

Sanskrit

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

asatyam apratiṣhṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśhvaram aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

They say, "This universe is without truth, without a moral basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust as its cause; what else?"

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।16.8।।वे कहा करते हैं कि संसार असत्य, अप्रतिष्ठित और बिना ईश्वरके अपने-आप केवल स्त्री-पुरुषके संयोगसे पैदा हुआ है। इसलिये काम ही इसका कारण है, और कोई कारण नहीं है।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

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

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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