Sanskrit
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि । मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥
āsurīṃ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṃ gatim
Translation
Cast into demoniacal wombs, deluded birth after birth, attaining not to Me, O Kaunteya, they sink into the lowest depths.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The same idea repeats with an intensifier — “janmani janmani,” birth after birth — deluded and “attaining not to Me,” sinking to the lowest state. The repetition matters more than any new content: this isn’t a one-time sentence but a self-reinforcing loop, where a demonic nature produces a demonic rebirth that produces further demonic nature, with no obvious exit built into the mechanism itself. That’s precisely the setup the next two verses resolve — an exit does exist, and it’s about to be named.