Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac Natures

    Verse 8

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 16, Verse 8

    असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्।।16.8।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    They maintain: 'The universe is without truth, with no foundation, and without a Lord (Isvara). What else could exist without mutual causation? It has lust as its cause.'
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