Bhagavadgita 16.10

16.10

naṣṭātmānaḥ saṃtaḥ śūnyavādābhiniveśena śūnyasākṣiṇaṃ ātmānaṃ naṣṭayaṃti nāśayaṃti te naṣṭātmānaḥ malinācittāḥ saṃtaḥ | nanu-etādṛśāste kimarthaṃ utpadyaṃte ityata? āha | ugrakarmāṇaḥ ugraṃ svātmahiṃsraṃ karma yeṣāṃ te ugrakarmāṇaḥ bhūtvā jagataḥ kṣayāya nāśāya prabhavaṃti utpadyaṃte | nanu-akāraṇaṃ vairiṇaḥ jagataḥ te kathaṃ? ityāśaṃkya yatra ātmahiṃsāṃ kurvaṃti tatra parahiṃsāyāṃ kā śaṃkā ityabhiprāyeṇāha | kathaṃbhūtā asurāḥ | ahitāḥ na vidyate hitaṃ yeṣāṃ te ahitāḥ svamaraṇaṃ puraskṛtya ātmavadhe pravṛttāḥ ata eva alpabuddhayaḥ alpā buddhiryeṣāṃ te alpabuddhayaḥ svavadhe śatrutvena vartate | jagataḥ kṣaye teṣāṃ kā śaṃkā? ityarthaḥ |
ciṃtāmiti | kiṃca kathaṃbhūtāḥ