Bhagavad Gita · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaChapter 16, Shloka 19 (16.19)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान् संसारेषु नराधमान्
क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभान् आसुरीष्वेव योनिषु
॥ 16.19 ॥
tānahaṃ dviṣataḥ krūrān saṃsāreṣu narādhamān
kṣipāmyajasramaśubhān āsurīṣveva yoniṣu
Translation
"Those hateful, cruel, inauspicious lowest of men I cast again and again, in the cycle of worldly life, only into demonic wombs."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. sanmārgapratipakṣabhūtān sādhudveṣiṇaḥ — opponents of the right path, those who hate the good; krūrakarmaprāyāsu vyāghrasiṃhādiyoniṣu — into the wombs of tigers, lions and the like, given to cruel acts.
Ramanujacharya. tattajjanmaprāptyanuguṇapravṛttihetubhūtabuddhiṣu krūrāsu aham eva saṃyojayāmi — I join them to cruel dispositions suited to those births.
Shridhara Swami. teṣāṃ kadācid apy āsurasvabhāvapracyutir na bhavatīty āha — he says that their demonic nature never leaves them; and teṣāṃ pāpakarmaṇāṃ tādṛśaṃ phalaṃ dadāmi — I give such fruit to those sinful deeds.
Madhusudana Saraswati. ahaṃ sarvakarmaphaladāteśvaraḥ — I am the giver of the fruits of all actions; and an important clarification: etādṛśeṣu drohiṣu nāsti mameśvarasya … — in giving such malicious people their fruit, there is no cruelty on the part of me, the Lord (the fruit is of their own karma; the Lord is not cruel). At the same time he also gives a harsh reading in the sense of "never any release" (kadācin nistāraṃ syād iti nety āha — "will there ever be release by your grace? — no").
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.