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CHAPTER
16: THE YOGA DISCRIMINATING THE QUALITIES OF THE
ENLIGHTENED AND THE UNLIGHTENED
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About
the qualities of the divine and the
godless
(1-3)
The Supreme Lord said: 'Fearless, good of heart,
persevering in the knowledge of yoga, compassionate, of
restraint, willing to sacrifice, studious, austere and
simple; non-violent, truthful, free from anger,
renounced, peaceful, unmalicious, merciful to all,
without greed, gentle, modest and determined; arduous,
forgiving, steadfast, clean, without envy and not
striving for honor, are the qualities of one who is born
of the divine. (4)
Deceit, pride, conceit and anger and surely violence and
ignorance are the qualities that are the consequence of
the unenlightened, o son of Prtha. (5)
The divine characteristics are of liberation while the
qualities of the godless result from bondage. Do not
worry, son of Pându, as your life is the
consequence of transcendental wealth.
(6)
There are two types
of conditioned beings in this world: the godly and indeed
the unenlightened. About the divine I spoke at length;
just hear about the godless from Me. (7)
The disorderly ones do not know how to begin or where to
stop, they are unclean, do not know to behave and have no
truth in them. (8)
They say that the universe does not really have a
purpose, that it has no ruler, that it did not come into
existence from a certain cause and that there is no other
cause than that of lust. (9)
Less intelligent, having lost themselves being complacent
with this outlook, do the less favorable activities
flourish and does their work lead to the unfortunate of
destroying the planet. (10)
Confiding in lusts that are insatiable, in hypocrisy,
arrogance and driven by false pride, one, led by
illusion, takes to the non-permanent of material things
and thrives in dedication to the impure. (11-12)
Their fears and anxieties are endless and to the point of
death they trust in sense-gratification as the supreme
goal of life. Thus in this way they ascertain themselves
of being bound to the lust and anger, entangled in a
network of expectations and of that mentality they, for
the enjoyment of their senses, desire to accumulate
wealth by unfair means.
(13-15)
'Today I have won this and that I shall get; this is what
Ì want, that is mine and tomorrow I will even have
more of it. That enemy I beated today and those I shall
destroy too. For sure I am the Lord. I am the enjoyer,
the perfection and I am the happy one to be in power. I
am the wealthy one of noble company, I am the one and
only, who would there be else but me; I shall sacrifice
and give in charity, I am the one to be happy'; this is
how they are deluded by their ignorance. (16)
Thus perplexed by countless worries they are caught in a
pool of illusions and addicted to sensual pleasure they
slide down into a hell of disarray. (17)
Blasé, shameless of their wealth and imagined they
in the full of their delusion engage in so-called
sacrifices which they perform out of pride with no regard
for rules and regulations. (18)
Materially identified in their pride, strength, lust and
anger they enviously fell into mocking Me being situated
in themselves and in others.
(19)
Those who are envious and mischievous with Me I always
cast into the ocean of matter as the lowest of mankind
who for sure inauspiciously are born from the wombs of
the degenerates. (20)
Life after life the foolish, thus attaining to births
from the godless, for sure will have to do without Me, o
son of Kuntî, as they head for the worst
destinations. (21)
In this selfdestruction there are three gates of hell:
lust, anger and greed. Therefore one must give up these
three. (22)
Liberated from these three gates of ignorance, o son of
Kuntî, is a person in respect with the soul and
blessed with that does he go for the supreme destination.
(23)
The one who gives up on the regulations of the scriptures
will be acting according his own whims and never attain
perfection, happiness or the goal of the transcendent.
(24)
Therefore is it the scriptural authority that determines
what should and should not be done. Knowing the
regulations declared by the scripture, you should do your
duty here.
Spoken
by Anand Aadhar Prabhu
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