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Bhagavad Gītā 17.6

BG 17.6

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्

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

They are ignorant and torment the organs of the body, harassing Me who lives within. Know that they are devoted to evil.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

karṣhayantaḥ—torment; śharīra-stham—within the body; bhūta-grāmam—elements of the body; achetasaḥ—senseless; mām—me; cha—and; eva—even; antaḥ—within; śharīra-stham—dwelling in the body; tān—them; viddhi—know; āsura-niśhchayān—of demoniacal resolves

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 17.6, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/17.6), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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