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द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च।दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु।।16.6।।

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

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 16, Verse 6
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: there are two kinds of created beings in this world, the divine and the demonic, the divine has been described at length, hear now from me about the demonic, Arjuna, transitioning explicitly into the harder half of the description.

In life: it's often more comfortable to focus only on admirable qualities to cultivate and skip past directly naming the corrosive ones, but real growth usually requires being willing to look at both halves clearly.

Teaching: make sure your own reflection on character includes honestly naming the corrosive patterns you're working against, not just the admirable qualities you're working toward, both halves matter for genuine growth.

dvautwo
bhūta-sargauof created living beings
lokein the world
asminthis
daivaḥdivine
āsuraḥdemoniac
evacertainly
chaand
daivaḥthe divine
vistaraśhaḥat great length
proktaḥsaid
āsuramthe demoniac
pārthaArjun, the son of Pritha
mefrom me
śhṛiṇuhear

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
16.6 द्वौ two? भूतसर्गौ types of beings? लोके in world? अस्मिन् (in) this? दैवः the divine? आसुरः demonical? एव even? च and? दैवः the divine? विस्तरशः at length? प्रोक्तः has been described? आसुरम् demoniacal? पार्थ O Partha? मे from Me? श्रृणु hear.Commentary The two divisions of created beings? the one divine and the other satanic? carry on their respective activities in accordance with their natural tendencies or traits.In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad also you will find Verily there are two classes of the Creators creatures -- gods and demons (I.3.1).Bhutasargau Creations of beings? types or classes of creatues. Creation here means what is created. The men who are created with the two kinds of nature? the divine and the demonical? are here mentioned as the two creations. Every man in this world comes under the one or the other of the two creations? the divine and the demoniacal.Lord Krishna says to Arjuna? I will now describe to thee the characteristics of those men who are endowed with the devilish alities. If you have an understanding of the demoniacal alities? you will avoid them. The demoniacal nature is described in detail to the very end of this discourse.There is some reference in chapter IX? verses 9? 11 and 12? to the demoniacal nature but as the description is incomplete it is completed in this discourse.The divine nature has been declared in detail by the blessed Lord in the previous chapters -- the state of a Sthitaprajna in chapter II? the state of a Bhagavata in chapter XII and the state of a Trigunatita in chapter XIV and in the first three verses of this discourse.