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Bhagavad Gita 17.6

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्।।

karṣhayantaḥ śharīra-sthaṁ bhūta-grāmam achetasaḥ māṁ chaivāntaḥ śharīra-sthaṁ tān viddhy āsura-niśhchayān

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
karṣhayantaḥkarṣhayantaḥtorment
śharīra-sthamśharīra-sthamwithin the body
bhūta-grāmambhūta-grāmamelements of the body
achetasaḥachetasaḥsenseless
māmmāmme
chachaand
evaevaeven
antaḥantaḥwithin
śharīra-sthamśharīra-sthamdwelling in the body
tāntānthem
viddhividdhiknow
āsura-niśhchayānāsura-niśhchayānof demoniacal resolves

Know thou these to be of demonical resolves, senselessly torturing all the elements in the body and Me who dwell in the body.

और शरीरस्थ भूतसमुदाय को तथा मुझ अन्तर्यामी को भी कृश करने वाले अर्थात् कष्ट पहुँचाने वाले जो अविवेकी लोग हैं, उन्हें तुम आसुरी निश्चय वाले जानो।।