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daivī sampad vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śucaḥ sampadaḿ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.5 The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for...

dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin daiva āsura eva ca daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraḿ pārtha me śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.6 O son of Pritha, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine...

pravṛttiḿ ca nivṛttiḿ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śaucaḿ nāpi cācāro na satyaḿ teṣu vidyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.7 Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither...

asatyam apratiṣṭhaḿ te jagad āhur anīśvaram aparaspara-sambhūtaḿ kim anyat kāma-haitukam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.8 They say that this world is unreal, with no foundation, no God in control. They say it is produced of...

etāḿ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato ’hitāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.9 Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no...

kamam asritya duspuram dambha-mana-madanvitah mohad grhitvasad-grahan pravartante ’suci-vratah Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.10 Taking shelter of insatiable lust and absorbed in the conceit of pride and false prestige, the...

cintām aparimeyāḿ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad iti niścitāḥ āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañcayān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.11-12 They...

idam adya mayā labdham imaḿ prāpsye manoratham idam astīdam api me bhaviṣyati punar dhanam asau mayā hataḥ śatrur haniṣye cāparān api īśvaro ’ham ahaḿ bhogī siddho ’haḿ balavān sukhī āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti...

aneka-citta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛtāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣu patanti narake ’śucau Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.16 Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, they become too strongly...

ātma-sambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhana-māna-madānvitāḥ yajante nāma-yajñais te dambhenāvidhi-pūrvakam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.17 Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they sometimes proudly...