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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
Krishna contrasts qualities that support clarity and freedom with those that lead toward confusion and harm. The chapter offers a direct framework for ethical self-examination.
Chapter 16 · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
24 verses
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BG 16.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच | अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिर्ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः | दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ||१६-१||
The Lord said: Fearlessness, inner purity, steadiness in the discipline of knowledge, generosity, self-restraint, sacrifice, sacred study, austerity, and straightforwardness—
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BG 16.2
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् | दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ||१६-२||
Nonviolence, truthfulness, absence of anger, relinquishment, peace, freedom from slander, compassion toward beings, absence of greed, gentleness, modesty, and freedom from restless frivolity—
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BG 16.3
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता | भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ||१६-३||
Vigor, forgiveness, firmness, cleanliness, absence of malice, and freedom from excessive pride belong to one born with a divine disposition, Bharata.
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BG 16.4
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च | अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ||१६-४||
Pretension, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance belong to one born with a demonic disposition, Partha.
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BG 16.5
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता | मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ||१६-५||
The divine disposition leads to freedom; the demonic is understood to lead to bondage. Do not grieve, son of Pandu: you are born with the divine disposition.
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BG 16.6
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च | दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ||१६-६||
There are two kinds of created beings in this world, divine and demonic. The divine has been described in detail; now hear about the demonic, Partha.
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BG 16.7
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः | न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ||१६-७||
People of demonic disposition do not know when to act or refrain. Neither purity, proper conduct, nor truth is found in them.
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BG 16.8
असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् | अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम् ||१६-८||
They say the world has no truth, no foundation, and no lord; that it arises from sexual union alone—what else?—with desire as its cause.
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BG 16.9
एतां दृष्टिमवष्टभ्य नष्टात्मानोऽल्पबुद्धयः | प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ||१६-९||
Holding this view, ruined in themselves and narrow in understanding, they become enemies of the world, performing cruel deeds that lead to its destruction.
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BG 16.10
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः | मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ||१६-१०||
Taking refuge in insatiable desire, filled with pretension, pride, and intoxication, they cling through confusion to false views and undertake impure observances.
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BG 16.11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः | कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ||१६-११||
They surrender to limitless anxiety lasting until death, regard enjoyment of desires as the highest aim, and are convinced that nothing beyond it matters.
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BG 16.12
आशापाशशतैर्बद्धाः कामक्रोधपरायणाः | ईहन्ते कामभोगार्थमन्यायेनार्थसञ्चयान् ||१६-१२||
Bound by hundreds of cords of expectation, devoted to desire and anger, they seek to accumulate wealth unjustly for sensual enjoyment.
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BG 16.13
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम् | इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम् ||१६-१३||
They think, 'I gained this today; I will obtain that desire. This wealth is mine, and still more will become mine.'
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BG 16.14
असौ मया हतः शत्रुर्हनिष्ये चापरानपि | ईश्वरोऽहमहं भोगी सिद्धोऽहं बलवान्सुखी ||१६-१४||
'I killed that enemy, and I will kill others too. I am the master; I am the enjoyer, successful, powerful, and happy.'
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BG 16.15
आढ्योऽभिजनवानस्मि कोऽन्योऽस्ति सदृशो मया | यक्ष्ये दास्यामि मोदिष्य इत्यज्ञानविमोहिताः ||१६-१५||
'I am wealthy and well-born. Who else is equal to me? I will sacrifice, give gifts, and enjoy myself.' Thus they are deluded by ignorance.
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BG 16.16
अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्ता मोहजालसमावृताः | प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ ||१६-१६||
Confused by many thoughts, caught in a net of delusion, and attached to sensual pleasures, they fall into an impure hell.
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BG 16.17
आत्मसम्भाविताः स्तब्धा धनमानमदान्विताः | यजन्ते नामयज्ञैस्ते दम्भेनाविधिपूर्वकम् ||१६-१७||
Self-important, obstinate, and intoxicated with wealth and pride, they perform sacrifices in name only, for show and against proper procedure.
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BG 16.18
अहंकारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः | मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः ||१६-१८||
Relying on the sense of 'I,' force, arrogance, desire, and anger, these malicious people hate me in their own bodies and in the bodies of others.
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BG 16.19
तानहं द्विषतः क्रुरान्संसारेषु नराधमान् | क्षिपाम्यजस्रमशुभानासुरीष्वेव योनिषु ||१६-१९||
These hateful, cruel, harmful people, the lowest among humans, I cast continually into demonic wombs in the cycle of existence.
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BG 16.20
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि | मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम् ||१६-२०||
Entering demonic wombs birth after birth, these deluded beings fail to reach me, Kunti's son, and go to an even lower destination.
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BG 16.21
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः | कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ||१६-२१||
Three gates lead to hell and the ruin of the self: desire, anger, and greed. Therefore one should abandon these three.
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BG 16.22
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः | आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ||१६-२२||
Freed from these three gates of darkness, Kunti's son, a person acts for their own highest good and reaches the supreme destination.
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BG 16.23
यः शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य वर्तते कामकारतः | न स सिद्धिमवाप्नोति न सुखं न परां गतिम् ||१६-२३||
One who disregards scriptural guidance and acts according to desire attains neither perfection, happiness, nor the highest destination.
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BG 16.24
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ | ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि ||१६-२४||
Therefore let scripture be your guide in determining what should and should not be done. Knowing the action taught by scriptural direction, you should act here.