The entire content of this mail is from Shri V N Gopala Desikan's Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Vishishtadvaita Research Centre, Chennai and The Bhagavad Gita by Swami Chidbhavananda published by Ramakrishna Mission
The Demoniac Traits 4
1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 16 - Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 4
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| Tiruppavai day 28 |
Dambhah darpah abhimaanah cha krodhah eva cha I
Agyanam cha abhijatsaya partha sampadam asurim II sloka 4
दम्भः दर्पः अभिमानः च क्रोधः एव च I
अज्ञानं च अभिजातस्य पार्थ संपदं आसुरीं II श्लोक 4
Ostentation, arrogance and self conceit, anger and also harshness and ignorance belong to one who is born, O Partha, for a demoniac state.
Putting up a show of good behaviour and donning oneself in pompous garments is ostentation. Presuming oneself as superior to others is arrogance. Priding oneself on being educated, moneyed and or high born is conceit. As a dog greets another strange dog with a snarl, the demoniac man asserts his individuality with anger. He exhibits his harshness by caricaturing a weak man as strong, a blind man as having beautiful eyes and a poor man as rich. He evinces ignorance by upholding unrighteousness as righteousness.
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