Bhagavad Gita 16.5दैवी सम्पद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता।मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातोऽसि पाण्डव ॥
daivī sampad vimokṣhāya nibandhāyāsurī matā
mā śhuchaḥ sampadaṁ daivīm abhijāto ’si pāṇḍava
Sanskrit recitation
Divine qualities to grow · 16.1–16.5 · Teaching
Translation
The divine nature is deemed conducive to liberation, and the demonic to bondage. Grieve not, O Arjuna, for you are born with divine endowments.
Hindi translation
दैवी-सम्पत्ति मुक्तिके लिये और आसुरी-सम्पत्ति बन्धनके लिये है। हे पाण्डव तुम दैवी-सम्पत्तिको प्राप्त हुए हो, इसलिये तुम्हें शोक (चिन्ता) नहीं करना चाहिये।
Meaning
Sampat Endowment, wealthy state, nature, virtue.Moksha Liberation from the bondage of Samsara, release from the round of birth and death. The,divine nature leads to salvation the demoniacl nature, to bondage.As Arjuna was already griefstricken and dejected, Lord Krishna assures him not to feel alarmed at this description of the Asuric alities which bring grief and delusion, as he was born with Sattvic tendencies, leading towards salvation. Arjuna, on hearing the words of Lord Krishna, might have thought within himself, Do I possess divine nature or demoniacal nature The Lord, in order to remove Arjuna's doubt, said, Grieve not, O Arjuna, thou art born with divine alities. Thou art fortunate. Thou mayest attain to the happiness of Selfrealisation.Do not think, O Arjuna, that by engaging yourself in battle and killing people you will become an Asura. Grieve not on this score. You will establish the kingdom of righteousness by fighting this righteous battle.
After Swami Sivananda
Divine qualities to grow· 16.1–16.5→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 16.1The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and yoga,…
- 16.2Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness,…
- 16.3Vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride—these belong to…
- 16.4Hypocrisy, arrogance, and self-conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance—these belong to…
16.5The divine nature is deemed conducive to liberation, and the demonic to bondage. Grieve…
Word-by-word→
- asi
- you are
- mā
- do not
- matā
- are considered
- daivī
- divine
- sampat
- qualities
- daivīm
- saintly
- āsurī
- demoniac qualities
- sampadam
- virtues
- śhuchaḥ
- grieve
- nibandhāya
- to bondage
- abhijātaḥ
- born
- pāṇḍava
- Arjun, the son of Pandu
- vimokṣhāya
- toward liberation
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