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ereft of purity and good conduct; they are<br />

deceitful and given to speaking lies. Further,<br />

16.8 They say that the world is unreal, it has no<br />

basis, it is without a God. It is born of mutual<br />

union brought about by passion! What other (cause<br />

can there be)?<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

16.8 Te, they, the domoniacal persons; ahuh, say;<br />

that the jagat, world; is asatyam, unreal-as we<br />

ourselves are prone to falsehood, so is this whole<br />

world unreal; apratistham, it has no basis, it does<br />

not have righteousness and unrighteousness as its<br />

basis; it is anisvaram, without a God-nor is there a<br />

God who rules this (world) according to<br />

rigtheousness and unrighteousness (of beings).<br />

Hence they say that the world is godless.<br />

Moreover, it is aparaspara-sambhutam, born of<br />

mutual union. The whole world is born of the<br />

union of the male and female impelled by passion.<br />

(That union is) kama-haitukam, brought about by<br />

passion. Kama-haitukam and kama-hetukam are<br />

the same. Kim anyat, what other (cause can there<br />

be)? There exists to other unseen cause such as<br />

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