Bhagavad Gita
Divine and Destructive Dispositions
Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga
Contrasting dispositions show the habits that support freedom and those that deepen bondage.
What this chapter does
A divine disposition is set out through fearlessness, purity, disciplined knowledge, generosity, self-control, truthfulness, compassion, steadiness, and humility. It is contrasted with an asuric disposition marked by hypocrisy, pride, anger, harshness, ignorance, disregard for right conduct, and a view of the world governed only by desire. Those bound to desire, anger, greed, wealth, and self-importance act unjustly, hate what is good, and fall into increasingly degraded states. Desire, anger, and greed are named as the three gates of ruin, while scripture is given as the measure for discerning what should and should not be done.
- 01Divine qualities are enumerated
- 02Asuric traits and outlook appear
- 03Desire-driven conduct brings decline
- 04Three gates of ruin named
- 05Scripture settles right action
- Opens
- a list of divine qualities
- Closes
- scripture as the standard for action
About this edition
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GRETIL Śaṅkara Bhāṣya source. Chapter 18 is absent. Verse 3.4 is present with a spaced source marker, and chapter 13 has a source-marker numbering anomaly.
atha daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yogo nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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