Sri Bhagavan said:
Fearlessness, purity of mind, steadfastness in pursuit of knowledge, charity to deserving persons, restraint of senses, sacrifice to gods, and Pitrs, study of Vedas, austerity, uprightness, harmlessness, truthfulness, absence of anger, generosity, unstained devotion to God, not carrying tales, compassion to living beings, aversion to sensuous objects, absence of revengeful spirit, shyness to do wrong acts, absence of fickleness, commanding Spirit, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of treachery, absence of egoism -these, O Bharata, are the qualities of him who is born with the divine nature.
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Ostentation, arrogance, conceit, wrath, hatred ness and ignorance -these are the qualities of him who is born with demoniacal nature.
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Divine nature is for salvation while demoniacal nature is for bondage. O Arjuna, grieve not, you are born with divine nature.
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Arjuna, two-fold is the creation in this world -divine and demoniacal; the divine nature has been described at length. O Partha hear now from me the demoniacal.
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The demoniacal people know neither what to follow nor what to abstain from; in them there is no purity, no good conduct, no truth.
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They say that the universe is unreal, without basis and godless, not brought about by things mutually related as cause and effect, but is different and is caused by Kama.
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Holding fast to this view these men of lost souls with small understanding and of fierce deeds are born as enemies of world for its destruction.
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Giving themselves up to insatiable desire, possessed with vanity, conceit, arrogance and acquiring wrong views through delusion, they undertake heinous acts for the sake of paltry pleasures.
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Getting themselves involved in innumerable cares till their death regarding the gratification of desires as the highest aim and assured that this is the summumbonum of their existence.
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Bound by hundreds of ties of expectations, given over to lust and anger, they desire to amass wealth by unjust means for sensual enjoyment.
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Today I have gained this wealth and I shall attain this desire tomorrow; this wealth is mine already and this will also be mine.
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This foe is slain by me and I shall slay others also; I am the Lord, I am the enjoyer, I have accomplished all purposes and I am powerful and happy.
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I am wealthy and born noble; who is there like onto me? I shall perform sacrifices and give alms, Dakshinas, I shall rejoice thus, so they say deluded by ignorance.
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Bewildered by numerous thoughts entangled in the meshes of delusion and addicted to the gratification of sensuous pleasures, they fall down into the foulest hell.
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Self conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and intoxicated with wealth, they perform sacrifices which are for mere ostentation and simulacra, not in accordance with spiritual ordinance.
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Possessing egoism, power, insolence, lust and wrath, these malicious people hate Me seated in the bodies of themselves and others.
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These cruel haters, worst of men, I repeatedly throw into Samsara and into demoniacal wombs.
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Then, O Kunti's Son, cast into demoniacal wombs repeatedly birth after birth and never attaining me, they fall into lowest depths.
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The gate way to this hell leading to the ruin of the soul is three fold -lust, anger and greed; therefore, one should abandon these three.
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O Kunti's Son, one who is free from these three, does what is good for his own soul and also reaches the highest goal.
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But he who discards the injunctions of the scriptures and acts according to the prompting of his desires does not attain either to perfection, happiness or the highest goal.
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Therefore, let scriptures be your authority in determining what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. Understanding what has been laid down by the scriptures, you are quite fit to do your duty in this world.
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Thus ends the sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita entitled "The Devasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga".
