Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, Verse 19

तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् । क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु

tānahaṃ dviṣataḥ krūrānsaṃsāreṣu narādhamān | kṣipāmyajasramaśubhānāsurīṣveva yoniṣu

Translation

These cruel haters, worst of men, I hurl these evil-doers for ever in the worlds into the wombs of the demons only.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

tān

these

aham

I

dviṣataḥ

(the) hating (ones)

krūrān

cruel

saṃsāreṣu

in the worlds

narādhamān

among men, worst

kṣipāmi

(I) throw

ajasram

always

aśubhān

impure

āsurīṣu

(in) demoniacal

eva

even

yoniṣu

in wombs

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

"These": the enemies of the right path and haters of the righteous. "Worst": because they are guilty of unrighteous deeds (adharma). "Worlds": paths of saṃsāra passing through many a hell. "Wombs of the demons": wombs of the most cruel beings such as tigers, lions and the like.