| 6. There are
two creations of beings in this world the divine and the demoniac, The divine
has been described at length; hear from Me, O Partha of the demoniac. Creation
means what is created The men who are created with the .two kinds of nature,
the divine and the demoniac, are here spoken of as the two creations. It
is said in the sruti, Verily there are two classes of Prajapatis creatures,
Devas and Asuras.Every being in this world is included in the one or the
other of the two creations, the divine and. the demoniac: The purpose of
repeating again what has been already said is stated thus:.The divine has
been declared at length, beginning with xvi. l, but not the demoniac ; therefore,
do you hear and understand the demoniac nature to be described at length
by Me in the sequel here in order that you may avoid it.The demonaic nature
will be described,to the very end of the discourseas an attribute of some
living men; for, only when it is recognized in the visible, its avoidance
is possible. Neither action nor inaction. do the demoniac men know ; neither
purity nor good conduct nor truth is found in them. They do not know what
acts they should perform to achieve the end of man, nor from what acts they
should abstain to avert evil. Not only do they not know action and inaction,
there is neither purity nor good conduct nor truth in them. Indeed, the
demons are persons who are wanting in purity and good conduct, who are hypocrites
and, liars. The materialist view of the world. Moreover: |
