Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Daivi and asuri sampad

दैवी आसुरी सम्पद् · daivī āsurī sampad

divine and demonic qualities

Chapter 16 describes two kinds of character. The divine includes fearlessness, honesty, self-control, compassion, gentleness and absence of pride, and leads to freedom. The demonic is marked by hypocrisy, arrogance, anger and the belief that the world has no truth or basis beyond desire, and leads to bondage. Krishna assures Arjuna that he was born to the divine.

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Bhagavad Gita 16.1 · Bhagavad Gita 16.4 · Bhagavad Gita 16.5