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demonic, or the ignorant. The divine has been described at length, now hear from Me about the demonic,
O Arjuna. (16.06)
Persons of demonic nature do not know what to do and what not to do. They neither have purity nor good
conduct nor truthfulness. (16.07)
They say: The world is unreal, without a substratum, without a God, and without an order. Sexual union
of man and woman alone and nothing else causes the world. (16.08)
Adhering to this wrong atheist view, these degraded souls with small intellect and cruel deeds çø are
born as enemies for the destruction of the world. (16.09)
Filled with insatiable desires, hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance; holding wrong views due to delusion; they
act with impure motives. (16.10)
Obsessed with endless anxiety lasting until death, considering sense gratification their highest aim,
convinced that sense pleasure is everything; (16.11)
Bound by hundreds of ties of desire and enslaved by lust and anger; they strive to obtain wealth by
unlawful means for the fulfillment of sensual pleasures. They think: (16.12)
This has been gained by me today, I shall fulfill this desire, I have this much wealth, and will have more
wealth in the future; (16.13)
That enemy has been slain by me, and I shall slay others also. I am the Lord. I am the enjoyer. I am
successful, powerful, and happy; (16.14)
I am rich and born in a noble family. Who is equal to me? I shall perform sacrifice, I shall give charity,
and I shall rejoice. Thus deluded by ignorance; (16.15)
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Bewildered by many fancies; entangled in the net of delusion; addicted to the enjoyment of sensual
pleasures; they fall into a foul hell. (16.16)
Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with pride and intoxication of wealth; they perform service only in name,
for show, and not according to scriptural injunction. (16.17)
These malicious people cling to egoism, power, arrogance, lust, and anger; and hate Me who dwells in
their own bodies and those of others. (16.18)
SUFFERING IS THE DESTINY OF
THE IGNORANT
I hurl these haters, cruel, sinful, and mean people into the cycles of rebirth in the womb of demons again
and again. (16.19)
O Arjuna, entering the wombs of demons birth after birth, the deluded ones sink to the lowest hell without
ever attaining Me (until their minds change for the better by the causeless mercy of the Lord). (16.20)
LUST, ANGER, AND GREED ARE THE
THREE GATES TO HELL
Lust, anger, and greed are the three gates of hell leading to the downfall (or bondage) of the
individual. Therefore, one must learn to give up these three. (16.21)
One who is liberated from these three gates of hell, O Arjuna, does what is best for him or her, and
consequently attains the Supreme Abode. (16.22)
ONE MUST FOLLOW THE
SCRIPTURAL INJUNCTIONS
One, who acts under the influence of his or her desires, disobeying scriptural injunctions, neither attains
perfection nor happiness, nor the Supreme Abode. (16.23)
Therefore, let the scripture be your authority in determining what should be done and what should
not be done. You should perform your duty following the scriptural injunction. (16.24)
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THREEFOLD FAITH
Arjuna said: What is the mode of devotion of those who perform spiritual practices with faith but without
following the scriptural injunctions, O Krishna? Is it in the mode of goodness, passion, or ignorance?
(17.01)
THREE TYPES OF FAITH
Lord Krishna said: The natural faith of embodied beings is of three kinds: Goodness, passion, and
ignorance. Now hear about these from Me. (17.02)
O Arjuna, the faith of each is in accordance with one s own natural disposition that is governed by
Karmic impressions. A person is known by the faith. One can become whatever one wants to be, if
one constantly contemplates on the object of desire with faith. (17.03)
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