BG 16.8

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।
अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥
asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśvaram
aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam

Word-for-word meanings

te — they;  āhuḥ — claim;  jagat — [that] the cosmos;  asatyam — [is] unreal;  apratiṣṭham — without foundation;  anīśvaram — without any Supreme Controller or God;  sambhūtam — brought forth;  aparaspara — perpetually [by mutual union];  kim anyat — [and] what’s more;  kāma-haitukam — that it is [only] caused by lust.

Translation

They claim that this world is unreal, that it is without any foundation, without any God, that it is brought forth perpetually [by mutual union] and, what’s more, that it is conceived only out of lust.

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