Chapter 16 · 24 verses
The Divine and Demonic Natures दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Divine qualities such as fearlessness, truth, compassion and forgiveness lead to freedom; demonic qualities such as hypocrisy, anger and arrogance lead to bondage. Desire, anger and greed are the three gates to hell.
This English meaning is newly written by Bhajan Dhun and is still being reviewed by scholars.
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16.1
श्री भगवानुवाच
अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः ।
दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ॥१६.१॥The Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and yoga, charity, self-restraint, sacrifice, study of scripture, austerity and uprightness;
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16.2
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् ।
दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥१६.२॥non-violence, truthfulness, freedom from anger, renunciation, peacefulness, refraining from slander, compassion for all beings, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty and steadiness;
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16.3
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता ।
भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥१६.३॥vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from malice and from excessive pride — these, O Bharata, belong to one born with the divine nature.
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16.4
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च ।
अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ॥१६.४॥Hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance, O Partha, belong to one born with the demonic nature.
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16.5
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता ।
मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥१६.५॥The divine nature leads to liberation, the demonic to bondage. Do not grieve, O son of Pandu; you are born with the divine nature.
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16.6
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च ।
दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु ॥१६.६॥There are two kinds of beings in this world, the divine and the demonic. The divine has been described at length; now hear from me about the demonic, O Partha.
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16.7
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥१६.७॥People of demonic nature do not know what to do and what to refrain from. There is no purity in them, no good conduct and no truth.
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16.8
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।
अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ॥१६.८॥They say the world is unreal, without foundation and without God, produced only by the union of male and female and driven by nothing but desire.
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16.9
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः ।
प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥१६.९॥Holding this view, these lost souls of small understanding and cruel deeds arise as enemies of the world, bent on its destruction.
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16.10
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः ।
मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥१६.१०॥Clinging to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding wrong ideas through delusion, they act with impure resolves.
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16.11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।
कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥१६.११॥Beset by countless anxieties that end only with death, regarding the gratification of desire as the highest goal, they are convinced that this is all there is.
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16.12
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः ।
ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ॥१६.१२॥Bound by hundreds of ropes of hope and given over to desire and anger, they strive to amass wealth by unjust means for their pleasures.
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16.13
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् ।
इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ॥१६.१३॥"This I have gained today; this desire I shall fulfil. This wealth is mine, and more will be mine as well."
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16.14
असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि ।
ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी ॥१६.१४॥"That enemy I have slain, and I shall slay others too. I am the lord, I am the enjoyer; I am successful, powerful and happy."
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16.15
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया ।
यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः ॥१६.१५॥"I am rich and well-born; who else is equal to me? I will perform sacrifices, I will give, I will rejoice" — so they think, deluded by ignorance.
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16.16
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः ।
प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ ॥१६.१६॥Confused by many thoughts, caught in a web of delusion and addicted to the gratification of desires, they fall into a foul hell.
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16.17
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः ।
यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम् ॥१६.१७॥Self-important, stubborn, intoxicated by wealth and pride, they perform sacrifices in name only, for show, disregarding the scriptural way.
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16.18
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः ।
मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ॥१६.१८॥Given over to ego, power, arrogance, desire and anger, these malicious people hate me, who dwell in their own bodies and in those of others.
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16.19
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् ।
क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ॥१६.१९॥These cruel, hateful and vile people I hurl again and again into demonic wombs in the cycles of worldly existence.
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16.20
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि ।
मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥१६.२०॥Entering demonic wombs birth after birth, these deluded ones, never reaching me, O son of Kunti, sink to the lowest state.
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16.21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥१६.२१॥Desire, anger and greed — these are the threefold gate to hell that destroys the self. Therefore one should give up these three.
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16.22
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः ।
आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥१६.२२॥One who is freed from these three gates of darkness, O son of Kunti, does what is good for the self and so reaches the supreme goal.
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16.23
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः ।
न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ॥१६.२३॥One who discards the guidance of scripture and acts on impulse attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme goal.
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16.24
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ ।
ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि ॥१६.२४॥Therefore let scripture be your authority in deciding what should and should not be done. Knowing what scripture prescribes, you should act accordingly here.
