मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥ २० ॥
āsurīṃ yonimāpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani .
māmaprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yāntyadhamāṃ gatim .. 20 ..
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These deluded creatures are born, birth after birth, only in Tamasic wombs and pass into lower and lower states. Without ever reaching Me, the Īśvara, they fall into a condition which is still lower (than they are in at present). Without reaching Me: Certainly there is no room whatever even for the supposition that they will ever reach Me. The meaning, therefore, is, ‘without ever attaining to the right path taught by Me.’*
The meaning on the whole is this, The asuric nature, as leading to a series of evils, is inimical to all human progress. A man should, therefore, try and shake it off while he is yet a free agent, while he has not yet passed into a birth which would make him entirely dependent on others.—A.
The three Gates of Hell to be avoided.
Here follows a summary of the whole demoniac (asuric) nature in which, in its three forms, the whole variety of asuric nature, though endless, is comprehended; which being avoided, the whole asuric nature becomes avoided, and which is the source of all evil.