Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 16: The Divine and the Demonic Natures

Bhagavad Gita 16.20

āsurīṃ yonimāpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani | māmaprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yāntyadhamāṃ gatim ||

Fallen into demonic wombs, deluded in birth after birth, they never reach me, Arjuna, and from there they sink to the lowest state.

Modern context

Fallen into demonic births, deluded life after life, they sink lower still. The downward spiral is described honestly. Bad habits deepen; cruelty becomes more natural with repetition; delusion feeds on itself. But the verse also implies the opposite: just as one can spiral down, one can spiral up. Every choice is a step in one direction or the other.