Chapter 16: Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog – Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures
दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · 24 verses
Chapter Summary
The sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is "Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga". In this chapter, Krishna describes explicitly the two kinds of natures among human beings - divine and demoniac. Those who possess demonaic qualities associate themselves with the modes of passion and ignorance do not follow the regulations of the scriptures and embrace materialistic views. These people attain lower births and further material bondage. But people who possess divine qualities, follow the instructions of the scriptures, associate themselves with the mode of goodness and purify the mind through spiritual practices. This leads to the enhancement of divine qualities and they eventually attain spiritual realization.
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- 16.1 — The Blessed Lord Krishna said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and yoga,…
- 16.2 — Non-violence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, avoidance of fault-finding,…
- 16.3 — Vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, and absence of pride—these qualities, O Arjuna,…
- 16.4 — Hypocrisy, arrogance, and conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance—these qualities belong to one who is born…
- 16.5 — The divine nature is considered conducive to liberation, whereas the demonic nature is deemed to lead to…
- 16.6 — O Arjuna, in this world there are two types of created beings: the divine and the demoniacal. I have already…
- 16.7 — Those who possess a demoniac nature do not know what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. Neither…
- 16.8 — They say, 'This universe is without truth, without a moral basis, without a God, brought about by mutual…
- 16.9 — Holding fast to this vision, these lost souls of meager intellect and cruel actions manifest as enemies of…
- 16.10 — Giving themselves up to insatiable desires, possessed of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding false…
- 16.11 — Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares that end only with death, regarding the gratification of lust…
- 16.12 — Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain hoards of wealth by…
- 16.13 — "I have gained this today, and I will fulfill this desire of mine. This is mine, and this wealth will be…
- 16.14 — “I have slain this enemy, and others also I shall slay. I am the lord, I am the enjoyer, I am accomplished,…
- 16.15 — "I am wealthy and born into a noble family. Who else is like me? I shall perform sacrifices, give charity,…
- 16.16 — Bewildered by many fancies, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the gratification of lust, they…
- 16.17 — Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name…
- 16.18 — Given over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust, and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own…
- 16.19 — These cruel and hateful ones, the lowest among men, I incessantly cast into the wombs of demons within this…
- 16.20 — Attaining demoniac births, birth after birth, these deluded ones, not reaching Me, O son of Kunti, sink into…
- 16.21 — The Supreme Lord Krishna declares: There are three gates to this hell, which destroy the soul: lust, anger,…
- 16.22 — O son of Kunti, one who has escaped these three gates of hell acts for his own spiritual welfare and thus…
- 16.23 — He who, having cast aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under the impulse of desire, does not…
- 16.24 — Therefore, let the scriptures be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be…