Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 17, Verse 6

कर्षयन्तः शरीरस्थं भूतग्राममचेतसः । मां चैवान्तःशरीरस्थं तान्विद्ध्यासुरनिश्चयान्

karṣayantaḥ śarīrasthaṃ bhūtagrāmamacetasaḥ | māṃ caivāntaḥśarīrasthaṃ tānviddhyāsuraniścayān

Translation

Weakening all the elements in the body — fools they are — and Me who dwell in the body within; know thou these to be of demoniac resolves.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

karṣayantaḥ

tormenting

śarīrastham

in the body, seated

bhūtagrāmam

of elements, assemblage

acetasaḥ

unintelligent

mām

me

ca

and

eva

even

antaḥśarīrastham

within the body, seated

tān

them

viddhi

know

āsuraniścayān

of asuras, resolve, whose, they

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

"Elements": organs. "Me": Nārāyaṇa, the Witness of their thoughts and deeds. To weaken Me is to neglect My teaching. Know thou that they are demoniac (āsuric) in their resolves, so that you may avoid them. This is a word of advice to Arjuna.