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.
