Friday, September 30, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16/Verse 8

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।

अपरस्परसंभूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥१६- ८॥


asatyamapratiṣṭhaṃ te jagadāhuranīśvaram ।

aparasparasaṃbhūtaṃ kimanyatkāmahaitukam ॥16- 8॥

They are non-truthful [and] unstable. They say the universe is without a god. What else is caused by desire produced continually?



asatyam (neuter, nominative, singular) = non-truthful


apratiṣṭham (neuter, nominative, singular) = unstable  


te (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = they 


jagat (neuter, accusative, singular) = universe 


āhus (past tense, 3rd person, plural) = they say 


anīśvaram (masculine, accusative, singular) = without a god  



aparasparasaṃbhūtam (aparaspara + saṃbhūtam) (past passive participle, masculine/neuter, accusative, singular) = produced continually 

kimanyat (interrogative) (indeclinable) = what else?


kāmahaitukam (kāma + haitukam) (masculine, accusative, singular) = caused by desire  



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