BHAGAVAD GITA FOR BUSY PEOPLE

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PRIYA BHAGAVAT BANDUVULLARA!

 

BHAGAVAD GITA FOR BUSY PEOPLE

CHAPTER: SIXTEEN

THE YOGA OF DIVISION BETWEEN THE DIVINE AND THE DEMONIACAL

DAIVASURA-SAMPAD-VIBHAGA YOGA

 

The Blessed Lord said: " Fearlessness, purity of heart,

steadfastness in the Yoga of wisdom, alms-giving, control of the

senses (self-restraint) sacrifice, study of one's own scriptures,

austerity straightforwardness, non-injury, absence of anger,

renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion to

living beings, uncovertousness, gentleness, modesty, absence of

fickleness, vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of

hatred, absence of pride—these belong to one who is born with the

divine properties, O Bharata! (1-3)

 

" Hypocrisy, arrogance, self-conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance,

belong to one who is born, O Perth! with demoniacal properties. (4).

 

The divine properties are deemed to make for liberation, the

demoniacal for bondage. Grieve not thou art born with divine

properties, O Pandava! (5).

 

" Demoniacal men know not what to do and what to refrain form;

neither purity nor good conduct, nor truth is found in them (7).

They say, `the universe is without truth, without moral basis,

without a God, brought about by mutual union, brought about by lust

and nothing else (8). Filled with insatiable desires, full of

hypocrisy, pride and arrogance holding evil ideas through delusion,

they work with impure resolves (10). Bound by a hundred lies of

hope, given over to lust and anger, they strive to secure unlawful

means hoards of wealth for sensual enjoyments (12). This today has

been gained by me, this desire I shall obtain; this wealth is mine

already, and also this shall be mine in future " (13). `I have slain

this enemy, and others also I shall slay. I am lord, I enjoy, I am

perfect, powerful and happy (14). I am rich, well-born, who else is

equal to me: I will sacrifice; I will give charity. I will

rejoice' (15). These malicious and cruel-doers, worst of men in the

world, I hurl them forever into the wombs of demons only (19).

 

" Triple is the gate of this hell, destructive of the Self, lust,

anger and greed; therefore, these three one should abandon (21). A

man who is released from these three gates of darkness, O son of

Kunti! does good to the self and thus reaches the Supreme Goal (22).

 

" He who setting aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under

the impulse of desire, attains not to perfection, or happiness, nor

the Supreme Goal (23). Therefore let the scriptures be thy

authority in deciding as what ought to be done and what ought not to

be done. Having known what is said in ordinances of the scriptures,

thou shouldst work in this world " (24).