Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16 Verse 20
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 16 श्लोक 20

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



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
16.20. Having come to the demoniac womb, birth after birth, and not attaining Me at all, these deluded persons, therefore, pass to the lowest state, O son of  Kunti !


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
16.17-20 Atmasambhavitah etc. upto gatim.  They pretend to perform sacrifices :  The meaning is that their sacrifice is fruitless.  Indeed all is ruined because of their anger.  Or, namayjna  [may mean]  the sacrifices which are in name only.  Or, it [may denote] those sacrifices that are performed for ones name sake i.e., for ones reputation, because of which one gets the appellation as  He is performer  of [such and such]  sacrifices  These sacrifices, performed out of hypocricy alone, do not , however fetch any fruit.  Becasue these persons are rugged with anger etc., they hate people and by that they hate Me only [in fact]. For, I, the Vasudeva (the Universal Soul), dwell every-where.  Entertaining hatred towards their  own Soul, they perform action, that is hostile to themselves, and responsible for their own fall into the hells.  These persons I hurl into nothing but the demoniac wombs.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 16.20Aasureem yonimaapannaa moodhaa janmani janmani;
Maamapraapyaiva kaunteya tato yaantyadhamaam gatim.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 16.20tān—these; aham—I; dviṣhataḥ—hateful; krūrān—cruel; sansāreṣhu—in the material world; nara-adhamān—the vile and vicious of humankind; kṣhipāmi—I hurl; ajasram—again and again; aśhubhān—inauspicious; āsurīṣhu—demoniac; eva—indeed; yoniṣhu—in to the wombs; 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