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Bhagavad Gita 17.6

Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Kinds of Faith) · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः ।मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ॥

karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ |māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān ||

Meaning of Gita 17.6 in English

Without thinking, they torment the elements of their own body and also the Divine who lives within it. Krishna says such people have a harmful resolve.

गीता 17.6 का हिंदी अर्थ

बिना विवेक के वे अपने शरीर के तत्वों को और शरीर के भीतर रहने वाले मुझको भी कष्ट देते हैं। ऐसे लोगों का निश्चय आसुरी समझो।

self-harmrespecting the bodyhealth

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.