Bhagavad Gita · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaChapter 16, Shloka 8 (16.8)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्
अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत् कामहैतुकम्
॥ 16.8 ॥
asatyamapratiṣṭhaṃ te jagadāhuranīśvaram
aparasparasambhūtaṃ kimanyat kāmahaitukam
Translation
"They say — the world is unreal, without foundation, without God; produced by mutual union — what other cause does it have but desire?"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. yathā vayam anṛtaprāyāḥ tathā idaṃ jagat sarvam asatyam — just as we are false, so is the world; na asya dharmādharmau pratiṣṭhā; lokāyatikadṛṣṭiḥ iyam — this is the Lokayata (materialist) view.
Ramanujacharya. satyaśabdanirdiṣṭabrahmakāryatayā brahmātmakam iti na āhuḥ — they do not accept that the world is the effect of Brahman and has Brahman as its self.
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