Sanskrit Verses
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In this chapter, Lord Krishna clearly classifies the mankind of all ages and times into two categories: the divinely good Deva and the evil Asura. He describes the actions of both and the results.
Unlike the divine type, the Asuric type is against all spiritual values. He does not distinguish right from wrong, pure from impure or truth from untruth. According to these people there is no place for God and they think that they are the most powerful. They only want to amass wealth, destroy their enemies, satisfy their lust and get name and fame by hook or by crook. They try to exploit and torture all their fellow beings and have no respect for God. The spiritual or daivic type of people are pure, fearless, self controlled, generous, loving, truthful, patient and have no pride or vanity. What are the effects of these two? Divine nature is deemed for liberation while demoniac nature leads to bondage. The Lord assures Arjuna that he is born with divine qualities
For the demoniac, the ego is supreme and they think that they are the Doer. They become addicted to Sense gratification fall into a foul Hell. Self conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and intoxication of wealth they perform sacrifices in the name of ostentation, contrary to scriptural ordinances. Further, bewildered by false ego, lust, pride, anger and strength, these malicious people become envious of the Lord, situated in their own bodies and that of others’.
The Lord points out that such men who are evil and jealous fall lower and lower each day and are born again and again into this material world through the various demoniac species. They can never approach the Lord and sink down to the most hateful type of existence.
How does one avoid this hell? This can be done by avoiding three gates: Kama (Lust), Krodha (anger), Lobha (greed). Every sane man should give these up. When this is avoided, the person performs acts which lead to God realization and gradually attains the supreme destination. But, If a person abandons scriptural rules and acts however he wants in lust, he does not attain perfection, happiness or the God realization . The Lord says, Therefore, we should understand what is duty and not duty as mentioned by the scriptures before setting out to work so that our activities may lead to God realization.
THE TREASURES OF THE dEVINE kINGDOME as well as the traits of devilish nature are dealt and enumerated very clearly. Yes , when one is freed from the three infernal gates,one can distinguish between what to do and what not to do.The only solution is to take refuge in the already recorded scriptures.
Thanks for the import.