Fearlessness, purity of mind, cultivation of knowledge,generousness, control, sacrifice, studiousness, nonviolence,truthfulness, keeping temper, readiness to give up, calmness, absence of maliciousness, sympathy towards beings, freedom from malice,softness, humility, absence of waywardness, energetic nature,patience, endurance, cleanliness, not being hurtful, and absence of self-glorification, are the qualities of those who have inherited the godly personality.
Haughtiness, pride, egotism, temper, roughness, ignorance are the qualities of those who have got the asuric, demoniac, personality.
The godly qualities lead to liberation; the asuric to bondage. Don't worry, Arjuna, you have surely inherited the godly nature.
There are two main types of created beings in the world: godly and demoniac. The godly nature has been elaborately described, now hear the demoniac.
Demoniac people do not know when to act and when not to; there is no cleanliness, or good conduct, no truthfulness in them.They consider the world to be false, without firm basis, anarchical,born at random, and with no cause other than chance.
Adhering to this view, these lost souls of low intelligence turn enemies of the world and do all sorts of terrible acts. Of insatiable greed, haughty, proud and passionate, they cling in their ignorance to false beliefs and engage in dirty habits.
Worrying till death and in no measure, indulging in enjoyments, they conclude that there is nothing else in life!
Bound by hundreds of wishful thoughts, slave to passion and temper,they try to accumulate wealth unlawfully for their enjoyment."I got this today, tomorrow I will get that, I have this much money,and I will have more still, I have killed this enemy, and I will kill others also, I am master of all, I have all I want, I am successful, I am powerful and happy, I am prosperous, I am aristocratic, who is there equal to me? I will perform sacrifices, give alms, and have a nice time."
So on they, deluded by their own ignorance, fall into the depths of hell, distracted by innumerable worries, caught in the coils of delusion, and interested only in pandering to their desires.
Glorifying themselves, stiff and intoxicated with wealth and honours,they perform sacrifices for name's sake and follow no rules.
Full of egotism, power, pride, passion, temper, and jealousy, they torture Me in their as well as others' bodies.
I will incessantly push these lowest of men, cruel and full of hatred, into asuric births. Born in asuric families, deluded birth after birth, they, without being able to reach ME, end in the lowest condition.
This self-annihilating gate to Hell is threefold: passion, temper and greed. Therefore these three should be avoided.
He, who, not obeying the scientific dictates, acts willfully, will not get success, happiness or progress.Therefore science should be your standard in deciding what is to be done or not done.
You must act in accordance with scientific teachings.Freed from these gates of darkness, man will do what is best for him,and will attain the highest of places.
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