Sanskrit · Devanagari
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च। दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ॥
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dvau bhūtasargau loke.asmindaiva āsura eva ca daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṃ pārtha me śṛṇu
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882(There are) two classes of created beings in this world, the godlike and the demoniac the godlike (class) has been described at length now hear from me, O son of Pṛthā! about the demoniac.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।16.6।। -- द्वौ द्विसंख्याकौ भूतसर्गौ भूतानां मनुष्याणां सर्गौ सृष्टी भूतसर्गौ सृज्येतेति सर्गौ भूतान्येव सृज्यमानानि दैवासुरसंपद्द्वययुक्तानि इति द्वौ भूतसर्गौ इति उच्येते? द्वया ह वै प्राजापत्या देवाश्चासुराश्च (बृह0 उ0 1।3।1) इति श्रुतेः। लोके अस्मिन्? संसारे इत्यर्थः? सर्वेषां द्वैविध्योपपत्तेः। कौ तौ भूतसर्गौ इति? उच्येते -- प्रकृतावेव दैव आसुर एव च। उक्तयोरेव पुनः अनुवादे प्रयोजनम् आह -- दैवः भूतसर्गः अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः (गीता 16।1) इत्यादिना विस्तरशः विस्तरप्रकारैः प्रोक्तः कथितः? न तु आसुरः विस्तरशः अतः तत्परिवर्जनार्थम् आसुरं पार्थ? मे मम वचनात् उच्यमानं विस्तरशः श्रृणु अवधारय।।आ अध्यायपरिसमाप्तेः आसुरी संपत् प्राणिविशेषणत्वेन प्रदर्श्यते? प्रत्यक्षीकरणेन च शक्यते तस्याः परिवर्जनं कर्तुमिति --,
bfba3941353b…Rāmānuja
16.6 In this world of works, there are 'two tpyes' of created beings who perform actions, viz., the divine and demoniac. Creation is production. By the force of old Karma of the nature of good and evil deeds, beings are born, divided into two kinds at their very birth for working out the ?ndments of the Lord or act contrary to them. Such is the meaning. Of these, the divine destiny has been told at length. For the purpose of working out their destiny in accordance with the mode of conduct, the creation of the godly, viz., of those devoted to My ?ndments, occurs; that mode of condut, composed of Karma-jnana-and-Bhakti-Yogas has been described at length. To follow what conducts leads to the creation of demons - listen about that conduct.
708bfdcf498f…Swami Sivananda
16.6 द्वौ two? भूतसर्गौ types of beings? लोके in world? अस्मिन् (in) this? दैवः the divine? आसुरः demonical? एव even? च and? दैवः the divine? विस्तरशः at length? प्रोक्तः has been described? आसुरम् demoniacal? पार्थ O Partha? मे from Me? श्रृणु hear.Commentary The two divisions of created beings? the one divine and the other satanic? carry on their respective activities in accordance with their natural tendencies or traits.In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad also you will find Verily there are two classes of the Creators creatures -- gods and demons (I.3.1).Bhutasargau Creations of beings? types or classes of creatues. Creation here means what is created. The men who are created with the two kinds of nature? the divine and the demonical? are here mentioned as the two creations. Every man in this world comes under the one or the other of the two creations? the divine and the demoniacal.Lord Krishna says to Arjuna? I will now describe to thee the characteristics of those men who are endowed with the devilish alities. If you have an understanding of the demoniacal alities? you will avoid them. The demoniacal nature is described in detail to the very end of this discourse.There is some reference in chapter IX? verses 9? 11 and 12? to the demoniacal nature but as the description is incomplete it is completed in this discourse.The divine nature has been declared in detail by the blessed Lord in the previous chapters -- the state of a Sthitaprajna in chapter II? the state of a Bhagavata in chapter XII and the state of a Trigunatita in chapter XIV and in the first three verses of this discourse.
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