16. Divine and Demonic Natures

Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog

BG 16.6

The are two types of beings in this world - those who are divine, and those who are demonic. I have described the nature of divinity to you at length; now, hear of the demonic.

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च
दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु

  • dvau — two

  • bhūta-sargau — of created living beings

    • bhūta

    • sargau

  • loke — in the world

  • ’smin — this

  • daiva — divine

  • āsura — demonic

  • eva — certainly

  • cha — and

  • daivo — the divine

  • vistaraśhaḥ — at great length

  • prokta — have spoken, said

  • āsuraṁ — of the demonic

  • pārtha — Arjuna

  • me — from me

  • śhṛiṇu — hear

...16.5

The are two types of beings in this world - those who are divine, and those who are demonic. I have described the nature of divinity to you at length; now, hear of the demonic.

[6]

Those who are demonic do not know how to act or to renounce. They lack purity, truth, and an understanding of righteous conduct.

[7]

They say the universe is without truth, without any purpose, and without a God. It exists for the purpose of fulfilling desires - what other cause could there be?

[8]

These lost souls of small intellect come into the world only to commit monstrous deeds and to destroy.

[9]

Filled with insatiable desires, possessed by vanity, pride, and arrogance, they only work with impure intentions.

[10]

Trapped in a cycle of anxiety that ends only with death, clinging to the enjoyment of desires as their highest goal, believing that this is all that exists,

[11]

bound by the shackles of a hundred vain hopes, devoted to their desire and anger, they hoard wealth for the gratification of their desires.

[12]

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Similar verses

Chapter 16, Verse 6