The Lord said,
"There is absence of fear; there is purity of the mind, body and soul, ever vigilant pursuit of knowledge, charity, control, sacrifice, self-education, absence of deceit.
There is gentleness of spirit, abiding by truth, pacifism, readiness to renounce possessiveness (for the greater good of all), tranquility, unperturbed mind, compassion, absence of lust, tenderness of heart, modesty (Hri) and a steady mind.
There is brightness of the spirit, forgiveness, courage, cleanliness of the body and the mind, the conscience that keeps one away from betrayal of friends, absence of excessive pride, These are the attributes of the Purusha whose life is centred around the Divine Wealth.
Now, Arjun, listen to the antithesis of the Divine Wealth.
Vanity, insolence, pride, anger, hurtful speech, ignorance; these are the attributes of the Purusha whose world is centred around the Demonic Wealth.
Those who possess the Demonic Wealth do not abide by the acceptable norms of society with regard to what ought to be done and what ought not.
There is no thought given to the cleanliness of the means and the motives, nor to the conduct either. There is no concern in their minds about the truth (of the basic values of life).
They do not believe that the world is governed by a power which is above all powers. Lust and mindless desire is the base according to them of all life.
Those who hold this outlook on life, live without awareness of the inner spirit. It is dead in them. Their understanding is poor. They are prompted to do harm to the world by their beastly actions and deeds. They ultimately cause irreversible, enormous damage to the world of living beings.
There is no end to their lustful desire and that forms the basis of their arrogance, pride and intoxication.
They pay no heed to the voice of conscience and under temptation they are provoked to commit abhorrent deeds.
They are bound by hundreds of loathsome aspirations; they follow the dictates of lust and anger, and in order to find gratification of their abominable lust, they amass enormous wealth by unjust means.
This is how their mind works-- "Today I have obtained this. My aspirations are fulfilled. So be it, so will it be in the future. I will obtain it again tomorrow and again this wealth is going to belong to me.
This, my enemy, has been killed by me. Thus will I kill many others. I am God; I am the one who has the right to enjoy wealth. I am the accomplished one with magical powers. I am powerful and happy.
I am rich; I am born in a rich family ; who else is there like me? I shall perform rituals of sacrifice ; I shall perform charitable deeds; I shall be happy."
This is how their prattle goes as they live without understanding.
Their mind is deluded and wanders in different directions, caught in the mesh of temptations.. After spending the entire life in dire obsession by lust and power, they finally end up in inauspicious hell.
They are the judge of their own worth. Rigid, unchanging, intoxicated by the wealth and power, they perform the ritual of sacrifice only as a token, with no thought for the true spirit of the sacrifice.
They are prompted by arrogance, power, greed and anger. These form the basis of their personality. They forget me who dwells alike in them as well as in those who they regard as the other. They have nothing but hatred and jealousy for all that is divine.
"There is absence of fear; there is purity of the mind, body and soul, ever vigilant pursuit of knowledge, charity, control, sacrifice, self-education, absence of deceit.
There is gentleness of spirit, abiding by truth, pacifism, readiness to renounce possessiveness (for the greater good of all), tranquility, unperturbed mind, compassion, absence of lust, tenderness of heart, modesty (Hri) and a steady mind.
There is brightness of the spirit, forgiveness, courage, cleanliness of the body and the mind, the conscience that keeps one away from betrayal of friends, absence of excessive pride, These are the attributes of the Purusha whose life is centred around the Divine Wealth.
Now, Arjun, listen to the antithesis of the Divine Wealth.
Vanity, insolence, pride, anger, hurtful speech, ignorance; these are the attributes of the Purusha whose world is centred around the Demonic Wealth.
Those who possess the Demonic Wealth do not abide by the acceptable norms of society with regard to what ought to be done and what ought not.
There is no thought given to the cleanliness of the means and the motives, nor to the conduct either. There is no concern in their minds about the truth (of the basic values of life).
They do not believe that the world is governed by a power which is above all powers. Lust and mindless desire is the base according to them of all life.
Those who hold this outlook on life, live without awareness of the inner spirit. It is dead in them. Their understanding is poor. They are prompted to do harm to the world by their beastly actions and deeds. They ultimately cause irreversible, enormous damage to the world of living beings.
There is no end to their lustful desire and that forms the basis of their arrogance, pride and intoxication.
They pay no heed to the voice of conscience and under temptation they are provoked to commit abhorrent deeds.
They are bound by hundreds of loathsome aspirations; they follow the dictates of lust and anger, and in order to find gratification of their abominable lust, they amass enormous wealth by unjust means.
This is how their mind works-- "Today I have obtained this. My aspirations are fulfilled. So be it, so will it be in the future. I will obtain it again tomorrow and again this wealth is going to belong to me.
This, my enemy, has been killed by me. Thus will I kill many others. I am God; I am the one who has the right to enjoy wealth. I am the accomplished one with magical powers. I am powerful and happy.
I am rich; I am born in a rich family ; who else is there like me? I shall perform rituals of sacrifice ; I shall perform charitable deeds; I shall be happy."
This is how their prattle goes as they live without understanding.
Their mind is deluded and wanders in different directions, caught in the mesh of temptations.. After spending the entire life in dire obsession by lust and power, they finally end up in inauspicious hell.
They are the judge of their own worth. Rigid, unchanging, intoxicated by the wealth and power, they perform the ritual of sacrifice only as a token, with no thought for the true spirit of the sacrifice.
They are prompted by arrogance, power, greed and anger. These form the basis of their personality. They forget me who dwells alike in them as well as in those who they regard as the other. They have nothing but hatred and jealousy for all that is divine.
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