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iti guhya-tamaḿ śāstram idam uktaḿ mayānagha etad buddhvā buddhimān syāt kṛta-kṛtyaś ca bhārata Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.20 This is the most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures, O sinless one, and it is...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca abhayaḿ sattva-saḿśuddhir jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ dānaḿ damaś ca yajñaś ca svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam ahiḿsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śāntir apaiśunam dayā bhūteṣv aloluptvaḿ mārdavaḿ hrīr acāpalam tejaḥ...

dambho darpo ’bhimānaś ca krodhaḥ pāruṣyam eva ca ajñānaḿ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadam āsurīm Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.4 Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance—these qualities belong to those of...

daivī sampad vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā mā śucaḥ sampadaḿ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.5 The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demoniac qualities make for...

dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin daiva āsura eva ca daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraḿ pārtha me śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.6 O son of Pritha, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine...

pravṛttiḿ ca nivṛttiḿ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śaucaḿ nāpi cācāro na satyaḿ teṣu vidyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.7 Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither...

asatyam apratiṣṭhaḿ te jagad āhur anīśvaram aparaspara-sambhūtaḿ kim anyat kāma-haitukam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.8 They say that this world is unreal, with no foundation, no God in control. They say it is produced of...

etāḿ dṛṣṭim avaṣṭabhya naṣṭātmāno ’lpa-buddhayaḥ prabhavanty ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato ’hitāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.9 Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no...

kamam asritya duspuram dambha-mana-madanvitah mohad grhitvasad-grahan pravartante ’suci-vratah Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.10 Taking shelter of insatiable lust and absorbed in the conceit of pride and false prestige, the...

cintām aparimeyāḿ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ kāmopabhoga-paramā etāvad iti niścitāḥ āśā-pāśa-śatair baddhāḥ kāma-krodha-parāyaṇāḥ īhante kāma-bhogārtham anyāyenārtha-sañcayān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 16.11-12 They...