Bhagavad Gita
16.8

असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् | अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ||

asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśvaram aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam

Translation

They say: 'The world is unreal, without foundation, without a ruler; it is produced through mutual union, caused only by desire — what else?'

Interpretation

The philosophical worldview of the demoniac: pure materialism without any transcendent ground. 'The world is unreal' (asatyam — ultimately meaningless), 'without foundation' (apratishtha — no moral or cosmic order), 'godless' (anishvaram — no Divine intelligence), 'produced by mutual union' (sexual reproduction as the only explanation for existence), 'caused by desire' (kama as the only ultimate force). This is not a valid philosophical position being dismissed, but rather the worldview that emerges when someone is ruled entirely by self-interest — the universe organized around one's own desires, with no accountability to any higher principle.