chapter 16 gita.

Fearlessness, perfect purity of mind (heart) steadfastness in knowledge and yoga, charity, control of the senses, worship of god’s through rituals (yagna) study of scriptures and straightforwardness.

Non violence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, quietitude, abstaining from malicious gossip, compassion toward all creatures, absence of attachment to the objects of senses mildness, modesty and absence of fickleness.

Vigour, forbearance, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred and absence of pride are the marks of one born for the divine gifts, Arjuna!

Hypocrisy, arrogance, self conceit and anger, harshness and ignorance, these are the marks of him, who is born with demoniac features.

The divine gift is meant for liberation, and the demonic means is for bondage. Grieve not, Arjuna! for you are born with the divine gift.

There are only two types of men in this world, Arjuna! The one possessing the divine nature and the other possessing demoniac features. Of these the type possessing a divine nature has been spoken at length. Now here in detail from me about the demonic features.

Men possessing demoniac features know not what is right activity and what is refrain able activity. They possess neither purity (external or internal) nor right conduct nor truthfulness.

The men possessing demonic features say this world is without any foundation, absolutely unreal and Godless, brought forth by mutual union caused by lust. what else than this?

Clinging to this view, these slow witted men of a small intellect and terrible deeds, rise as the enemies of mankind, only for the destruction of the Universe.

Cherishing insatiable desires, these men of impure conduct move in this world full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance.

Giving themselves upto innumerable cares ending only with death, they remain devoted to the enjoyment of sensuous pleasures and are positive in their belief that this is the highest limit of joy.

Held in bondage by hundred ties of expectations and wholly giving themselves up to lust and anger, they strive to amass by unfair means hoards of wealth for the enjoyment of sensual pleasures.

They say to themselves - this much has been secured by me today and now i shall realise this ambition. so much wealth is already with me and yet again this shall be mine.

That enemy has been slain by me and I shall kill those others too. I am the lord of all the enjoyer of all power, am endowed with all supernatural powers and am mighty and happy.

I am wealthy and own a noble family, who else is equal to me? I will sacrifice. I will give alms. I will rejoice. Thus blinded by ignorance, enveloped in the mesh of delusion and addicted to the enjoyment of sensuous pleasures, these men of devilish disposition fall into the foulest hell.

Intoxicated by wealth and honour, those self conceited and haughty men worship God through nominal sacrifices for ostentation without following the sacred rituals.

Given over to  egoism, brute force, arrogance, lust and anger etc. and calumnizing others, they hate Me (the inner controller of all) dwelling in their own bodies as well as in those of others.

Those haters, sinful, cruel and worst among men, I cast again and again into demoniacal wombs in this world.

Failing to reach Me, Arjuna, those stupid souls are born life after life in demoniac wombs and then verily sink down to a still lower plane.

Desire, anger and greed – this triple gate of hell brings about the ruination of the soul. Therefore one should avoid all these three.

Freed from these three gates of hell, man works for his own salvation and therby attains the supreme goal i.e. God.

Having cast aside the injunctions of the scripture, he who acts on the impulse of desire will neither attain perfection nor the supreme goal nor even happiness.

Therefore, the scripture alone is your guide in determining, what should be done and what should not be done. Knowing this you ought to perform only such action as is ordained by the scriptures.

This is the yoga of division between the Divine and demonic features. Chapter 16  of the Gita.