श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home
Sign in

Chapter XVI24 verses

अथ षोडशोऽध्यायः

दैवासुरसंपद्विभागयोगः

The Yoga of Division Between the Divine and the Demonical Endowments

Daivāsura-saṁpad-vibhāga-yoga

Grieve not, for the soul born to the light has only to close the three doors of desire, wrath and greed, and its divine endowment will carry it towards freedom. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
puruṣottama — the Supreme known and adored, while the nature is not yet made his
and is led towards
daivī sampad — the divine endowment that leads to liberation
Begin at 16 · 1 Play chapter

Recitations

  1. Swami Sarvagananda ji0:00
  2. Ashit Desai0:00
In this chapter

24 verses

Summary of chapter 16

Deva and Asura - The Site now proceeds to give the psychological discipline by which our human and earthly nature can be transmuted. But first it prefaces the consideration of this enlightening movement by a distinction between two kinds of being. the Deva and the Asura.

Chapter 16 illustration, titled दैवासुरसंपद्विभागयोगः
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

Chapter outline

Choose a range to read just those verses.

  1. 16·1–3The properties of divine character.
  2. 16·4–18The properties of demoniac character.
  3. 16·19–24The undivine consequences of demoniac properties; advice to regulate life by divine Law.
  4. 16·1–24Show all 24 verses

The verses

Showing verses 1–3 of 24 · Show all 24 verses

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 16·1, a key verseअभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिर्ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः । दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ॥ १ ॥abhayaṁ sattvasaṁśuddhirjñānayogavyavasthitiḥ, dānaṁ damaśca yajñaśca svādhyāyastapa ārjavam.Fearlessness, purity of temperament, steadfastness in the Yoga of Knowledge, giving, self-control, sacrifice…
  2. 16·2अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् । दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥ २ ॥ahiṁsā satyamakrodhastyāgaḥ śāntirapaiśunam, dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīracāpalam.Harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, self-denial, calm, absence of fault-finding, compassion to all beings…
  3. 16·3तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता । भवन्ति संपदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥ ३ ॥tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucamadroho nātimānitā, bhavanti saṁpadaṁ daivīmabhijātasya bhārata.Energy, forgiveness, patience, cleanness, absence of envy and pride – these are the wealth of the man born…
Show all 24 verses

End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेदैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोगो नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः ॥ १६॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādedaivāsurasampadvibhāgayogo nāma ṣoḍaśo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the sixteenth chapter entitled “The Yoga of the Distinction between the Divine and the Demoniac Endowments”

Go to a verse

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16
  17. 17
  18. 18
  19. 19
  20. 20
  21. 21
  22. 22
  23. 23
  24. 24