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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16: The Divine & Demoniac Natures
Chapter 16, Verse 6;
O son of Prtha, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demoniac. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac.
Chapter 16, Verse 7;
Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them.
Chapter 16, Verse 8;
They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire, and has no cause other than lust.
PURPORT
The demonic conclude that the world is
phantasmagoria. There is no cause, no effect, no controller, no purpose:
everything is unreal. They say that this cosmic manifestation arises due to
chance material actions and reactions. They do not think that the world was
created by God for a certain purpose. They have their own theory: that the world
has come about in its own way and that there is no reason to believe that there
is a God behind it. For them there is no difference between spirit and matter,
and they do not accept the Supreme Spirit. Everything is matter only, and the
whole cosmos is supposed to be a mass of ignorance. According to them,
everything is void, and whatever manifestation exists is due to our ignorance in
perception. They take it for granted that all manifestation of diversity is a
display of ignorance. Just as in a dream we may create so many things, which
actually have no existence, so when we are awake we shall see that everything is
simply a dream. But factually, although the demons say that life is a dream,
they are very expert in enjoying this dream. And so, instead of acquiring
knowledge, they become more and more implicated in their dreamland. They
conclude that as a child is simply the result of sexual intercourse between man
and woman, this world is born without any soul. For them it is only a
combination of matter that has produced the living entities, and there is no
question of the existence of the soul. As many living creatures come out from
perspiration and from a dead body without any cause, similarly, the whole living
world has come out of the material combinations of the cosmic manifestation.
Therefore material nature is the cause of this manifestation, and there is no
other cause. They do not believe in the words of Krsna in Bhagavad-gita:
mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram. "Under My direction the whole
material world is moving." In other words, amongst the demons there is no
perfect knowledge of the creation of the world; every one of them has some
particular theory of his own. According to them, one interpretation of the
scriptures is as good as another, for they do not believe in a standard
understanding of the scriptural injunctions. Chapter 16, Verse 9;
Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world.
PURPORT
The demoniac are engaged in activities
that will lead the world to destruction. The Lord states here that they are less
intelligent. The materialists, who have no concept of God, think that they are
advancing. But, according to Bhagavad-gita, they are unintelligent and
devoid of all sense. They try to enjoy this material world to the utmost limit
and therefore always engage in inventing something for sense gratification. Such
materialistic inventions are considered to be advancement of human civilization,
but the result is that people grow more and more violent and more and more
cruel, cruel to animals and cruel to other human beings. They have no idea how
to behave toward one another. Animal killing is very prominent amongst demoniac
people. Such people are considered the enemies of the world because ultimately
they will invent or create something which will bring destruction to all.
Indirectly, this verse anticipates the invention of nuclear weapons, of which
the whole world today is very proud. At any moment war may take place, and these
atomic weapons may create havoc. Such things are created solely for the
destruction of the world, and this is indicated here. Due to godlessness, such
weapons are invented in human society; they are not meant for the peace and
prosperity of the world. Chapter 16, Verse 10;
The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean work, attracted by the impermanent.
PURPORT
The demoniac mentality is described
here. The demons lust is never satiated. They will go on increasing and
increasing their insatiable desires for material enjoyment. Although they are
always full of anxieties on account of accepting nonpermanent things, they still
continue to engage in such activities out of illusion. They have no knowledge
and cannot tell that they are heading the wrong way. Accepting nonpermanent
things, such demoniac people create their own God, create their own hymns and
chant accordingly. The result is that they become more and more attracted to two
things--sex enjoyment and accumulation of material wealth. The word
asuci-vratah, unclean vow, is very significant in this connection. Such
demoniac people are only attracted by wine, women, gambling and meat-eating;
those are their asuci, unclean habits. Induced by pride and false
prestige, they create some principles of religion which are not approved by the
Vedic injunctions. Although such demoniac people are most abominable in the
world, still, by artificial means the world creates a false honor for them.
Although they are gliding toward hell, they consider themselves very much
advanced. Off to the Netherworld!
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