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TEXT 6 dvau bhuta-sargau loke 'smin
SYNONYMS  dvau--two;
bhuta-sargau--created living beings; loke--in the world;
asmin--this; daivah--godly; asurah--demoniac; eva--certainly;
ca--and; daivah--divine; vistarasah--at great length;
proktah--said; asuram--demoniac; partha--O son of
Prtha; me--from Me; srnu--just hear.
TRANSLATION O son of
Prtha, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called
the divine and the other demoniac. I have already explained to you at length
the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac.
PURPORT Lord Krsna,
having assured Arjuna that he was born with the divine qualities, is now
describing the demoniac way. The conditioned living entities are divided
into two classes in this world. Those who are born with divine qualities
follow a regulated life; that is to say they abide by the injunctions in
scriptures and by the authorities. One should perform duties in the light
of authoritative scripture. This mentality is called divine. One who does
not follow the regulative principles as they are laid down in the scriptures
and who acts according to his whims is called demoniac or asuric. There
is no other criterion but obedience to the regulative principles of scriptures.
It is mentioned in Vedic literature that both the demigods and the demons
are born of the Prajapati; the only difference is that one class obeys
the Vedic injunctions and the other does not.
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