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Shloka 16.12 “Bound by hundreds of desires, driven by lust and anger, they strive to amass wealth by unjust means for sense gratification.” Key Teaching: Demonic beings, bound by desires, use unjust means for wealth. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that demonic beings, bound by countless desires and […]

Shloka 16.11 “They are obsessed with endless anxieties lasting until death, considering sense gratification the highest aim, convinced that this is all.” Key Teaching: Demonic beings pursue sense gratification, leading to endless anxiety. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes demonic beings as consumed by endless anxieties until death, viewing sense gratification

Shloka 16.10 “Filled with insatiable desires, hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they act with impure resolves.” Key Teaching: Demonic beings act with impure motives driven by desire and pride. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes demonic beings as consumed by insatiable desires, hypocrisy, pride, and arrogance, acting

Shloka 16.9 “Holding this view, these lost souls, of little intellect, engage in cruel, harmful deeds, causing the world’s destruction.” Key Teaching: Demonic beings, with flawed views, cause harm and destruction. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that demonic beings, adhering to godless views, with limited intellect, engage in cruel, harmful

Shloka 16.8 “They say the world is unreal, without a basis, godless, born of mutual union, driven by lust—what else?” Key Teaching: Demonic beings deny the world’s divine basis, attributing it to lust. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna states that demonic beings view the world as unreal, baseless, godless, arising from

Shloka 16.7 “Demonic beings do not know what to do or avoid; purity, good conduct, and truth are not found in them.” Key Teaching: Demonic beings lack discernment, purity, and truth. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes demonic beings as ignorant of proper actions or restraints, lacking purity, good conduct, and

Shloka 16.6 “There are two types of beings in this world: divine and demonic. The divine has been described; I shall now describe the demonic, O Partha.” Key Teaching: Krishna introduces the two types of beings, focusing on demonic nature. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that beings are divided into

Shloka 16.5 “Divine qualities lead to liberation; demonic qualities lead to bondage. Do not grieve, O Pandava, for you are born with divine qualities.” Key Teaching: Divine qualities liberate; demonic qualities bind; Arjuna has divine qualities. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna states that divine qualities lead to liberation, while

Shloka 16.4 “Hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness, and ignorance—these are the qualities of one born of demonic nature, O Partha.” Key Teaching: Krishna lists demonic qualities like hypocrisy and arrogance. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes demonic qualities: hypocrisy, arrogance, pride, anger, harshness, and ignorance, marking those of demonic nature. This

Shloka 16.3 “…compassion, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty, steadiness, vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, freedom from envy and pride—these belong to one born of divine nature, O Bharata.” Key Teaching: Krishna concludes divine qualities, linking them to divine nature. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna completes the list of divine qualities: