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Bhagavad Gita 16.8

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् | अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ||१६-८||

asatyamapratiṣṭhaṃ te jagadāhuranīśvaram . aparasparasambhūtaṃ kimanyatkāmahaitukam ||16-8||

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Chapter 16 — The divine and the demoniac qualities.

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Swami SivanandaEnglish

16.8 They say, "This universe is without truth, without (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?"

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish

They say that this world is unreal, with no foundation, no God in control. They say it is produced of sex desire and has no cause other than lust.