Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16 Verse 8
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 16 श्लोक 8

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।
अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
16.8. They say that this world is without truth; has no basis; and has no Lord; this is born not on the basis of the mutual cause-and-effect-relation  [of the things]; it has nothing [beyond] and has no cause.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
16.8 Asatyam etc.  [It] has nothing beyond :  Here there is no other thing beyond what is seen.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 16.8Asatyamapratishtham te jagadaahuraneeshwaram;
Aparasparasambhootam kimanyat kaamahaitukam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 16.8asatyam—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