Shloka 8
Nirmaryāda-saṃgrāma-varṇana — The Unbounded Clash and Bhīṣma’s Rallying Presence
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठ॑ ते जगदाहुरनी श्वरम् । अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत् कामहैतुकम्
asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśvaram | aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam ||
वे आसुरी स्वभाव वाले कहते हैं—यह जगत् असत्य है, आधारहीन है और ईश्वरविहीन है। यह किसी नैतिक-व्यवस्था या उच्च कारण से नहीं, केवल स्त्री-पुरुष के संयोग से उत्पन्न हुआ है; फिर काम के सिवा और क्या कारण हो सकता है?
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse critiques a nihilistic/materialistic outlook that denies truth, moral grounding, and divine governance, reducing the origin and meaning of the world to mere desire. Ethically, it warns that such a view undermines responsibility and dharma by rejecting higher order and accountability.
Arjuna reports and characterizes the claims made by people of an “āsurī” (demoniac) disposition: they describe the world as baseless, unreal, and godless, and explain existence as arising only from lust/desire rather than from a righteous cosmic order.