Vers 17.6

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः ।

मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान् ॥

17.6

Transliteratie

karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ |

māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

Senseless, torturing all the elements in the body and Me also, Who dwell in the body, know thou these to be of demonical resolves.

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Woord voor woord

tormenting
dwelling in the body
the group of elements
senseless

me
and
also
dwelling within the body
them
know
of demonic resolve

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

Completing the thought, Krishna says such people senselessly torment the elements that make up the body, and they also torment him, who dwells within the body. He calls them demonic in their resolve, linking this verse with the previous chapter's description of the demonic endowment. The Gita consistently favours moderation over extremes. Treating the body cruelly is presented as an offence against the divine presence within it, not as a path to freedom.