# Bhagavad Gita 16.8

**Canonical reference:** `gita.16.8`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।
अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥

## IAST

asatyamapratiṣṭhaṃ te jagadāhuranīśvaram
aparasparasambhūtaṃ kimanyatkāmahaitukam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

They say the universe is devoid of truth devoid of fixed principle and devoid of a ruler produced by union (of male and female) caused by lust and nothing else.

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