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Chapter 16
asurim yonimapanna mudha janmani janmani
mamapripyaiva kaunteya tato yantyadhamam gatim
Come into the wombs of demons, these deluded beings, move from birth to birth, and do not attain to Me, 0 son of Kunti (Arjuna), but they sink down to the lowest state. 20
Comment:-
Asurhis yonimapanna mudha janmani janmani mamaprapyaiva kaunteya:- In the preceding verse, the Lord declared, that He sends persons possessing demoniacal nature, into the lower class of wombs of beasts and birds. Here also, He declares, that in this human life they have got a rare opportunity of God-realization, yet instead of realizing Him, they go into the wombs of demons, and again and again, go on taking birth in demoniacal wombs.
By the term 'Mamaprapyaiva', the Lord means that He regrets for His act of bestowing that human body, on a being. He had offered the human body, in order to enable him, to attain salvation. But, he had proved treacherous, because he, instead of attaining salvation, sank down, to a still lower plane.
A being, during this human life, even though of the most vile conduct, swiftly may become a soul of righteousness and attain, eternal peace[1] and even at the time of death, may attain the Lord[2]. The reason is, that the Lord is the same for all beings,[3] and so He has provided an opportunity to all beings, to attain Him. Birds and beasts, because of their undeveloped discrimination, cannot attain Him, but there is no restriction from the Lord, even for them. So the Lord is very sad, when He sees that human beings, instead of availing a golden opportunity to attain salvation, sink to lower planes.
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