BG 16.20

आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि ।
मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥
āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani
mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim

Word-for-word meanings

kaunteya — O son of Kuntī;  āpannāḥ — attaining;  janmani janmani — repeated birth;  āsurīm — in demonic;  yonim — species;  mūḍhāḥ — such fools;  aprāpya eva — certainly not attaining;  mām — Me;  yānti — sink down;  tataḥ — instead;  adhamām — to lower;  gatim — birth.

Translation

O son of Kuntī, attaining repeated birth in demonic species, such fools certainly do not attain Me and sink down instead to still lower birth.

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