Saturday, April 4, 2020

Bhagwad Gita - Post 193


CHAPTER 16

THE YOGA OF THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE DIVINE AND THE DEMONIACAL

Verse 1



The Blessed Lord said:

Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in Yoga and knowledge, alms-giving, control of the senses, sacrifice, study of scriptures, austerity and straightforwardness,


Verse 2



Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion towards beings, un-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness,


Verse 3



Vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride—these belong to one born in a divine state, O Arjuna!


Verse 4



Hypocrisy, arrogance, self-conceit, harshness and also anger and ignorance, belong to one who is born in a demoniacal state, O Arjuna!


Verse 5



The divine nature is deemed for liberation and the demoniacal for bondage. Grieve not, O Arjuna, for thou art born with divine properties!


Verse 6



There are two types of beings in this world—the divine and the demoniacal; the divine has been described at length; hear from Me, O Arjuna, of the demoniacal!


Verse 7



The demoniacal know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither purity nor right conduct nor truth is found in them.


Verse 8



They say: “This universe is without truth, without a (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?”


Verse 9



Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellects and fierce deeds, come forth as enemies of the world for its destruction.


Verse 10



Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they work with impure resolves.


Verse 11



Giving themselves over to immeasurable cares ending only with death, regarding gratification of lust as their highest aim, and feeling sure that that is all,


Verse 12



Bound by a hundred ties of hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to obtain by unlawful means hoards of wealth for sensual enjoyment.


To be continued…


Love.



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