Chapter 16 · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga

ಶ್ರೀ ಭಗವಾನುವಾಚ ಅಭಯಂ ಸತ್ತ್ವಸಂಶುದ್ಧಿಃ ಜ್ಞಾನಯೋಗವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತಿಃ। ದಾನಂ ದಮಶ್ಚ ಯಜ್ಞಶ್ಚ ಸ್ವಾಧ್ಯಾಯಸ್ತಪ ಆರ್ಜವಮ್

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha abhayaṁ sattva-sanśhuddhir jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ dānaṁ damaśh cha yajñaśh cha svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam

📖 Meaning

The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and yoga, almsgiving, control of the senses, sacrifice, study of scriptures, austerity, and straightforwardness.

ಅಹಿಂಸಾ ಸತ್ಯಮಕ್ರೋಧಸ್ತ್ಯಾಗಃ ಶಾನ್ತಿರಪೈಶುನಮ್। ದಯಾ ಭೂತೇಷ್ವಲೋಲುಪ್ತ್ವಂ ಮಾರ್ದವಂ ಹ್ರೀರಚಾಪಲಮ್

ahinsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śhāntir apaiśhunam dayā bhūteṣhv aloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīr achāpalam

📖 Meaning

Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion for beings, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and absence of fickleness.

ತೇಜಃ ಕ್ಷಮಾ ಧೃತಿಃ ಶೌಚಮದ್ರೋಹೋ ನಾತಿಮಾನಿತಾ। ಭವನ್ತಿ ಸಮ್ಪದಂ ದೈವೀಮಭಿಜಾತಸ್ಯ ಭಾರತ

tejaḥ kṣhamā dhṛitiḥ śhaucham adroho nāti-mānitā bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīm abhijātasya bhārata

📖 Meaning

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

ದಮ್ಭೋ ದರ್ಪೋಽಭಿಮಾನಶ್ಚ ಕ್ರೋಧಃ ಪಾರುಷ್ಯಮೇವ ಚ। ಅಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಚಾಭಿಜಾತಸ್ಯ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಸಮ್ಪದಮಾಸುರೀಮ್

dambho darpo ’bhimānaśh cha krodhaḥ pāruṣhyam eva cha ajñānaṁ chābhijātasya pārtha sampadam āsurīm

📖 Meaning

Hypocrisy, arrogance, and self-conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance—these belong to one who is born for a demoniacal state, O Partha.

ದೈವೀ ಸಮ್ಪದ್ವಿಮೋಕ್ಷಾಯ ನಿಬನ್ಧಾಯಾಸುರೀ ಮತಾ। ಮಾ ಶುಚಃ ಸಮ್ಪದಂ ದೈವೀಮಭಿಜಾತೋಽಸಿ ಪಾಣ್ಡವ

daivī sampad vimokṣhāya nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śhuchaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava

📖 Meaning

The divine nature is deemed conducive to liberation, and the demonic to bondage. Grieve not, O Arjuna, for you are born with divine endowments.

ದ್ವೌ ಭೂತಸರ್ಗೌ ಲೋಕೇಽಸ್ಮಿನ್ ದೈವ ಆಸುರ ಏವ ಚ। ದೈವೋ ವಿಸ್ತರಶಃ ಪ್ರೋಕ್ತ ಆಸುರಂ ಪಾರ್ಥ ಮೇ ಶ್ರೃಣು

dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin daiva āsura eva cha daivo vistaraśhaḥ prokta āsuraṁ pārtha me śhṛiṇu

📖 Meaning

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, about the demoniacal.

ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿಂ ಚ ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಂ ಚ ಜನಾ ನ ವಿದುರಾಸುರಾಃ। ನ ಶೌಚಂ ನಾಪಿ ಚಾಚಾರೋ ನ ಸತ್ಯಂ ತೇಷು ವಿದ್ಯತೇ

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śhauchaṁ nāpi chāchāro na satyaṁ teṣhu vidyate

📖 Meaning

The demoniacal do not know what to do and what to refrain from; they have neither purity, nor right conduct, nor truth.

ಅಸತ್ಯಮಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಂ ತೇ ಜಗದಾಹುರನೀಶ್ವರಮ್। ಅಪರಸ್ಪರಸಮ್ಭೂತಂ ಕಿಮನ್ಯತ್ಕಾಮಹೈತುಕಮ್

asatyam apratiṣhṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśhvaram aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam

📖 Meaning

They say, "This universe is without truth, without a moral basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust as its cause; what else?"

ಏತಾಂ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಮವಷ್ಟಭ್ಯ ನಷ್ಟಾತ್ಮಾನೋಽಲ್ಪಬುದ್ಧಯಃ। ಪ್ರಭವನ್ತ್ಯುಗ್ರಕರ್ಮಾಣಃ ಕ್ಷಯಾಯ ಜಗತೋಽಹಿತಾಃ

etāṁ dṛiṣhṭim avaṣhṭabhya naṣhṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣhayāya jagato ’hitāḥ

📖 Meaning

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

ಕಾಮಮಾಶ್ರಿತ್ಯ ದುಷ್ಪೂರಂ ದಮ್ಭಮಾನಮದಾನ್ವಿತಾಃ। ಮೋಹಾದ್ಗೃಹೀತ್ವಾಸದ್ಗ್ರಾಹಾನ್ಪ್ರವರ್ತನ್ತೇಽಶುಚಿವ್ರತಾಃ

kāmam āśhritya duṣhpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛihītvāsad-grāhān pravartante ’śhuchi-vratāḥ

📖 Meaning

Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding evil ideas due to delusion, they work with impure intentions.

ಚಿನ್ತಾಮಪರಿಮೇಯಾಂ ಚ ಪ್ರಲಯಾನ್ತಾಮುಪಾಶ್ರಿತಾಃ। ಕಾಮೋಪಭೋಗಪರಮಾ ಏತಾವದಿತಿ ನಿಶ್ಿಚತಾಃ

chintām aparimeyāṁ cha pralayāntām upāśhritāḥ kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad iti niśhchitāḥ

📖 Meaning

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

ಆಶಾಪಾಶಶತೈರ್ಬದ್ಧಾಃ ಕಾಮಕ್ರೋಧಪರಾಯಣಾಃ। ಈಹನ್ತೇ ಕಾಮಭೋಗಾರ್ಥಮನ್ಯಾಯೇನಾರ್ಥಸಞ್ಚಯಾನ್

āśhā-pāśha-śhatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañchayān

📖 Meaning

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

ಇದಮದ್ಯ ಮಯಾ ಲಬ್ಧಮಿಮಂ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಸ್ಯೇ ಮನೋರಥಮ್। ಇದಮಸ್ತೀದಮಪಿ ಮೇ ಭವಿಷ್ಯತಿ ಪುನರ್ಧನಮ್

idam adya mayā labdham imaṁ prāpsye manoratham idam astīdam api me bhaviṣhyati punar dhanam

📖 Meaning

"I have gained this today; I will fulfill this desire of mine; this is mine, and this wealth will be mine in the future."

ಅಸೌ ಮಯಾ ಹತಃ ಶತ್ರುರ್ಹನಿಷ್ಯೇ ಚಾಪರಾನಪಿ। ಈಶ್ವರೋಽಹಮಹಂ ಭೋಗೀ ಸಿದ್ಧೋಽಹಂ ಬಲವಾನ್ಸುಖೀ

asau mayā hataḥ śhatrur haniṣhye chāparān api īśhvaro ’ham ahaṁ bhogī siddho ’haṁ balavān sukhī

📖 Meaning

"I have slain that enemy, and I shall slay others too. I am the Lord; I enjoy, I am perfect, powerful, and happy."

ಆಢ್ಯೋಽಭಿಜನವಾನಸ್ಮಿ ಕೋಽನ್ಯೋಽಸ್ತಿ ಸದೃಶೋ ಮಯಾ। ಯಕ್ಷ್ಯೇ ದಾಸ್ಯಾಮಿ ಮೋದಿಷ್ಯ ಇತ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನವಿಮೋಹಿತಾಃ

āḍhyo ’bhijanavān asmi ko ’nyo ’sti sadṛiśho mayā yakṣhye dāsyāmi modiṣhya ity ajñāna-vimohitāḥ aneka-chitta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛitāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣhu patanti narake ’śhuchau

📖 Meaning

"I am wealthy and born into a noble family. Who is my equal? I shall perform sacrifices, give charity, and rejoice," thus deluded by ignorance.

ಅನೇಕಚಿತ್ತವಿಭ್ರಾನ್ತಾ ಮೋಹಜಾಲಸಮಾವೃತಾಃ। ಪ್ರಸಕ್ತಾಃ ಕಾಮಭೋಗೇಷು ಪತನ್ತಿ ನರಕೇಽಶುಚೌ

aneka-citta-vibhrāntā moha-jāla-samāvṛtāḥ prasaktāḥ kāma-bhogeṣu patanti narake 'śucau

📖 Meaning

Bewildered by many fancies, entangled in the snare of delusion, addicted to the gratification of lust, they fall into a foul hell.

ಆತ್ಮಸಮ್ಭಾವಿತಾಃ ಸ್ತಬ್ಧಾ ಧನಮಾನಮದಾನ್ವಿತಾಃ। ಯಜನ್ತೇ ನಾಮಯಜ್ಞೈಸ್ತೇ ದಮ್ಭೇನಾವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕಮ್

ātma-sambhāvitāḥ stabdhā dhana-māna-madānvitāḥ yajante nāma-yajñais te dambhenāvidhi-pūrvakam

📖 Meaning

Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name only for ostentation, contrary to scriptural ordinances.

ಅಹಙ್ಕಾರಂ ಬಲಂ ದರ್ಪಂ ಕಾಮಂ ಕ್ರೋಧಂ ಚ ಸಂಶ್ರಿತಾಃ। ಮಾಮಾತ್ಮಪರದೇಹೇಷು ಪ್ರದ್ವಿಷನ್ತೋಽಭ್ಯಸೂಯಕಾಃ

ahankāraṁ balaṁ darpaṁ kāmaṁ krodhaṁ cha sanśhritāḥ mām ātma-para-deheṣhu pradviṣhanto ’bhyasūyakāḥ

📖 Meaning

Given over to egoism, power, haughtiness, lust, and anger, these malicious people hate Me in their own bodies and in the bodies of others.

ತಾನಹಂ ದ್ವಿಷತಃ ಕ್ರೂರಾನ್ಸಂಸಾರೇಷು ನರಾಧಮಾನ್। ಕ್ಷಿಪಾಮ್ಯಜಸ್ರಮಶುಭಾನಾಸುರೀಷ್ವೇವ ಯೋನಿಷು

tān ahaṁ dviṣhataḥ krūrān sansāreṣhu narādhamān kṣhipāmy ajasram aśhubhān āsurīṣhv eva yoniṣhu

📖 Meaning

Those cruel haters, the worst among men in the world, I hurl those evil-doers into the wombs of demons only.

ಅಸುರೀಂ ಯೋನಿಮಾಪನ್ನಾ ಮೂಢಾ ಜನ್ಮನಿ ಜನ್ಮನಿ। ಮಾಮಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯೈವ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ತತೋ ಯಾನ್ತ್ಯಧಮಾಂ ಗತಿಮ್

āsurīṁ yonim āpannā mūḍhā janmani janmani mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim

📖 Meaning

Entering into demoniacal wombs and deluded, birth after birth, they do not attain Me, thus falling, O Arjuna, into a condition still lower than that.

ತ್ರಿವಿಧಂ ನರಕಸ್ಯೇದಂ ದ್ವಾರಂ ನಾಶನಮಾತ್ಮನಃ। ಕಾಮಃ ಕ್ರೋಧಸ್ತಥಾ ಲೋಭಸ್ತಸ್ಮಾದೇತತ್ತ್ರಯಂ ತ್ಯಜೇತ್

tri-vidhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ nāśhanam ātmanaḥ kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobhas tasmād etat trayaṁ tyajet

📖 Meaning

There are three gates to this hell, destructive of the self: lust, anger, and greed; therefore, one should abandon these three.

ಏತೈರ್ವಿಮುಕ್ತಃ ಕೌನ್ತೇಯ ತಮೋದ್ವಾರೈಸ್ತ್ರಿಭಿರ್ನರಃ। ಆಚರತ್ಯಾತ್ಮನಃ ಶ್ರೇಯಸ್ತತೋ ಯಾತಿ ಪರಾಂ ಗತಿಮ್

etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ ācharaty ātmanaḥ śhreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim

📖 Meaning

A person who is liberated from these three gates of darkness, O Arjuna, practices what is beneficial for them and thus goes to the Supreme Goal.

ಯಃ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವಿಧಿಮುತ್ಸೃಜ್ಯ ವರ್ತತೇ ಕಾಮಕಾರತಃ। ನ ಸ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಮವಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ನ ಸುಖಂ ನ ಪರಾಂ ಗತಿಮ್

yaḥ śhāstra-vidhim utsṛijya vartate kāma-kārataḥ na sa siddhim avāpnoti na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim

📖 Meaning

He who, having cast aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts under the impulse of desire, does not attain perfection, nor happiness, nor the Supreme Goal.

ತಸ್ಮಾಚ್ಛಾಸ್ತ್ರಂ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಂ ತೇ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಕಾರ್ಯವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತೌ। ಜ್ಞಾತ್ವಾ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವಿಧಾನೋಕ್ತಂ ಕರ್ಮ ಕರ್ತುಮಿಹಾರ್ಹಸಿ

tasmāch chhāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śhāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum ihārhasi

📖 Meaning

Therefore, let the scripture be thy 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 in this world.