1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 16 - Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 23

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

Is there then no hope of emancipation to the man caught in the whirlpool of this three faced hell?

Scripture is the Guide 23-24

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 16 - Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 23

Yah shashtra vidhim utsrujaya vartate kama karatah I

Na sah siddhim avapnoti na sukham na param gatim II

यः शास्त्र  विधिं उत्सृज्य वर्तते काम करतः I 

न सः सिद्धिं वाप्नोति न सुखं न परम् गतिम् II 

He who casting aside the ordinances of the scriptures, acts on the impulse of desire, attains not perfection, nor happiness nor the supreme goal.

The function of the scripture is to guide man to perfection. The injunction from them comes both positively and negatively. Exhortation to do the good and auspicious is the positive injunction; and admonition against doing the bad and harmful deeds is the negative injunction. But the way of the asuras is to behave counter to the teachings of the scriptures. They indulge in the prohibited acts and refrain from the sanctioned ones. Whereas by obeying and faithfully the ordinances of teh scriptures, man progresses towards perfection. Its immediate result is that he gains in happiness in life here and he prepares himself for the supreme god  that is to be gained ultimately.