Chapter 16: Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga:: Verse 5
दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता ।
मा शुच: सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥
daivī sampad-vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā
mā śuca: sampadaṃ daivīm-abhijāto’si pāṇḍava – 16.5
Divine qualities conduce to liberation, and the demonic ones to bondage. Do not grieve, O Arjuna, you are born with divine qualities.
Chapter 16: Daivāsura-sampad-vibhāga-yoga: - Verse 5
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Based on sattva, rajas and tamas, the three gunas of prakrti, divine and demonic qualities constitute the world. Both have their place in Creation, each with its own material and spiritual effects.
Material effects are external. But spiritual effects are always on oneself, in the mind, intelligence and ego, influencing one’s inner growth, such as the development of one’s character and behaviour.
Krishna says that divine qualities lead one to inner redemption. Only those of divine nature will be inclined to think about what, other than matter and energy, is present within the body. What is the mind, the intelligence? How is the ‘I’ different from them?
Thoughts of this kind alone make one spiritual, a path reserved only for those imbued with divine nature. Krishna assures Arjuna that he has divine traits. That is why even in the battlefield, he wanted to outlive his delusion and gain the supreme path of śreyas.
