16. Divine and Demonic Natures

Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog

BG 16.7

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

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते

  • pravṛittiṁ — proper actions

  • cha — and

  • nivṛittiṁ — improper actions

  • cha — and

  • janā — persons

  • na — not

  • vidur — comprehend

  • āsurāḥ — those possessing demonic nature

  • na — neither

  • śhauchaṁ — purity

  • nāpi — nor even

    • na — nor

    • api — even

  • chāchāro — and conduct

    • cha — and

    • āchāraḥ — conduct

  • na — nor

  • satyaṁ — truthfulness

  • teṣhu — in them

  • vidyate — exist

...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.

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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.

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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 7