THE YOGA OF THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE DIVINE AND
THE DEMONIACAL
(…continued)
(…continued)
Verse 13
“This has been gained by
me today; this desire I shall obtain; this is mine and this wealth too shall be
mine in future.”
Verse 14
“That enemy has been
slain by me and others also I shall slay. I am the lord; I enjoy; I am perfect,
powerful and happy”.
Verse 15
“I am rich and born in a
noble family. Who else is equal to me? I will sacrifice. I will give (charity).
I will rejoice,”—thus, deluded by ignorance,
Verse 16
Bewildered by many a
fancy, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the gratification of
lust, they fall into a foul hell.
Verse 17
Self-conceited,
stubborn, filled with the intoxication and pride of wealth, they perform
sacrifices in name, through ostentation, contrary to scriptural ordinances.
Verse 18
Given over to egoism,
power, haughtiness, lust and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own
bodies and those of others.
Verse 19
These cruel haters, the
worst among men in the world,—I hurl all these evil-doers forever into the
wombs of demons only.
Verse 20
Entering into demoniacal
wombs and deluded birth after birth, not attaining Me, they thus fall, O
Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that!
Verse 21
Triple is the gate of
this hell, destructive of the self—lust, anger, and greed,—therefore, one
should abandon these three.
Verse 22
A man who is liberated
from these three gates to darkness, O Arjuna, practices what is good for him
and thus goes to the Supreme goal!
Verse 23
He who, casting aside
the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under the impulse of desire, attains
neither perfection nor happiness nor the supreme goal.
Verse 24
Therefore, let the
scripture be the authority in determining what ought to be done and what ought
not to be done. Having known what is said in the ordinance of the scriptures,
thou shouldst act here in this world.
Hari Om Tat Sat
Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu
Brahmavidyaayaam
Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade
Daivaasurasampadvibhaagayogo Naama Shodasho’dhyaayah
Thus in the Upanishads
of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of
Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the sixteenth discourse
entitled:
“The Yoga of the
Division Between the Divine & the Demoniacal”
Love.
