Chapter 16 • Verse 8

Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga

The Yoga of the Divine and Demoniac Natures

Sanskrit Verse

Asatyam apratishtham te jagad ahur anishvaram, aparaspara-sambhutam kim anyat kama-haitukam

Translation & Meaning

The demoniac say that the world is unreal, without a foundation, without a God in control, and produced of sex desire alone — that it has no cause other than lust. This verse describes the nihilistic and atheistic worldview of the demoniac: they deny God, deny moral order, and reduce all of creation to blind material causation and desire.

Key Teachings

  • The demoniac worldview denies God, moral order, and any transcendent purpose to existence
  • Reducing all of creation to lust and material causation is the mark of demoniac thinking
  • Atheism and nihilism are not mere intellectual positions but symptoms of demoniac nature

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