16.6 द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च।दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु
dvau bhūta
Word meanings
dvau—two;bhūta-sargau—of created living beings;loke—in the world;asmin—this;daivaḥ—divine;āsuraḥ—demoniac;eva—certainly;cha—and;daivaḥ—the divine;vistaraśhaḥ—at great length;proktaḥ—said;āsuram—the demoniac;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;me—from me;śhṛiṇu—hear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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There are two types of creations of beings in this world: the divine and the demoniac. The divine one has been described in detail; hear now the demoniac one from Me, O son of Prtha!
All beings are of two classes: Godly and godless. The Godly I have described; I will now describe the other.
There are two types of beings in this world - the divine and the demoniac. The divine has been described at length. Hear from Me, O Arjuna, about the demoniac.
In this world there are are two (kinds of) creation of beings: the divine and the demoniacal. The divine has been spoken of elaborately. Hear about the demoniacal from Me, O son of Prtha.
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, of the demoniacal!
16.8 असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्।अपरस्परसम्भूतं किमन्यत्कामहैतुकम्
asatyam
Word meanings
asatyam—without absolute truth;apratiṣhṭham—without any basis;te—they;jagat—the world;āhuḥ—say;anīśhvaram—without a God;aparaspara—without cause;sambhūtam—created;kim—what;anyat—other;kāma-haitukam—for sexual gratification only
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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They say that this world is without truth; has no basis; and has no Lord; this is not born on the basis of the mutual cause-and-effect-relation [of the things]; it has nothing [beyond] and has no cause.
They say the universe is an accident with no purpose and no God. Life is created by sexual union, a product of lust and nothing else.
They maintain: 'The universe is without truth, without any foundation and without a Lord (Isvara). What else can exist without mutual causation? It has lust for its cause.'
They say that the world is unreal, it has no basis, it is without a God. It is born of mutual union brought about by passion! What other (cause can there be)?
They say: “This universe is without truth, without a (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?”
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दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Chapter 16: Two Paths
daivāsurasampadvibhāgayoga
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16.7 प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते
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Word meanings
pravṛittim—proper actions;cha—and;nivṛittim—improper actions;cha—and;janāḥ—persons;na—not;viduḥ—comprehend;āsurāḥ—those possessing demoniac nature;na—neither;śhaucham—purity;na—nor;api—even;cha—and;āchāraḥ—conduct;na—nor;satyam—truthfulness;teṣhu—in them;vidyate—exist
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The demoniac do not know the origin and the dissolution; neither purity, nor good conduct, nor truth exists in them.
The godless do not know how to act or how to renounce. They have neither purity nor truth. They do not understand the right principles of conduct.
The demoniac men know neither action nor renunciation. Cleanliness is not in them, nor even right conduct, nor truth.
Neither do the demoniacal persons under-stand what is to be done and what is not to be done; nor does purity, or even good conduct or truthfulness exist in them.
The demoniacal know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither purity nor right conduct nor truth is found in them.
