Chapter 16 • Verse 19

Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga

The Yoga of the Divine and Demoniac Natures

Sanskrit Verse

Tan aham dvishatah kruran samsareshu naradhaman, kshipamy ajasram ashubhan asurishv eva yonishu

Translation & Meaning

Those who are envious and mischievous — the lowest among mankind — I perpetually cast into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life. Krishna declares that the demoniac who persist in hatred and cruelty are cast by divine law into ever-lower births that match the quality of their consciousness.

Key Teachings

  • Divine justice ensures that the persistently demoniac are born into forms matching their nature
  • Envy and cruelty are the defining acts that invite the lowest of births
  • The cycle of rebirth is shaped by the quality and direction of consciousness at death

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