BG · Hyderabad · 1976-12-13

0:00BG 16.6द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च ।दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ॥६॥dvau bhūta-sargau loke 'smindaiva āsura eva cadaivo vistaraśaḥ proktaāsuraṁ pārtha me śṛṇuO son of Pṛthā, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called divine and the other demoniac. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac.

Civilization and the Vedic social order

0:17Prabhupāda: There are two classes of men within this world = daiva āsura eva ca. One class of men is called daiva, devatā, or the demigod, and the other class, asura. Sura means civilized, and asura means not civilized.

0:53Kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ SB 2.4.18These are amongst the noncivilized men. Formerly, the kings of Bhāratavarṣa, India, they used to kill these uncivilized men. Bad example.

1:36They did not follow the Vedic civilization, so the king's order was that they should be killed. If they are too much prominent... Just like they are hunting in the forest. So these...

2:09There is history among..., about King Bharata, King Bharata, under whose name this planet is called Bhāratavarṣa. No, not that Bharata. There are three Bharatas. One Bharata is the son of Ṛṣabhadeva.

2:30Another Bharata is the son of Mahārāja Duṣyanta. Another Bharata is the younger brother of Lord Rāmacandra.

2:46Out of these three Bharatas, the son of Ṛṣabhadeva is the person after whose name this planet is called Bhāratavarṣa. So another Bharata was the son of Mahārāja Duṣyanta.

3:09He was very powerful, supposed to be; partial incarnation of God. So in his life he would not allow the uncivilized men to exist. He was king. He used to kill them. Why uncivilized men?

Principles of godly governance and leadership

3:40Even the kṣatriyas, if they are not ruling properly according to the kṣatriyas... Kṣatriyas are supposed to be the ruler of the world.

3:56But if they are deviating from their duties, Paraśurāma, the brāhmaṇa, would kill them. On the whole, in the Vedic civilization everyone should be in order. That was the set-up.

4:19Nobody can act independently, killing the human civilization. That was not possible.

4:30Mahārāja Pṛthu was personally checking whether people are following the varṇāśrama-dharma. A brāhmaṇa must follow the brahminical rules and regulation.

4:49Otherwise he would not be allowed to call himself a brāhmaṇa. Similarly, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras. This is called secular state. Secular state does not mean everyone is irresponsible.

5:10You must be responsible for your particular type of duty, and the government has to see it that everyone is doing that. That is secular state. Lord Rāmacandra, when He returned from the forest...

5:34In His absence Bharata was ruling, and when Bharata requested Lord Rāmacandra to take charge of the kingdom, Lord Rāmacandra was ready, but He first of all examined whether the citizens were following the varṇāśrama-dharma. When He was satisfied that the citizens were following the varṇāśrama-dharma, then He took charge of the kingdom and began to maintain them just like father.

6:20This is the relationship between the government and the citizens. The citizens must be law-abiding, and the government must rule over them just like father. Father is not unaffectionate.

6:46Father is affectionate, and even the father chastises the son, that is not out of affection; that is also affection. So that was the relationship. So the asuras, they do not know this. Only the devatās, they know.

7:12There are two kinds of men. Dvau bhūta-sargau loke asmin daiva āsuraḥ BG 16.6

7:17So Kṛṣṇa says, daivo vistaraśaḥ proktaḥ. Kṛṣṇa has already explained in the beginning which are the qualification of the devatā and what are the qualification of the asuras. So qualification of the devatās:

Spiritual advancement and purifying existence

8:16BG 16.1-3श्रीभगवानुवाचअभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिर्ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः ।दानं दमश्च यज्ञश्च स्वाध्यायस्तप आर्जवम् ॥१॥अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम् ।दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम् ॥२॥तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता ।भवन्ति संपदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥३॥śrī-bhagavān uvācaabhayaṁ sattva-samśuddhirjñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥdānaṁ damaś ca yajñaś casvādhyāyas tapa ārjavamahiṁsā satyam akrodhastyāgaḥ śāntir apaiśunamdayā bhūteṣv aloluptvaṁmārdavaṁ hrīr acāpalamtejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucamadroho nāti-mānitābhavanti sampadaṁ daivīmabhijātasya bhārataThe Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Fearlessness; purification of one’s existence; cultivation of spiritual knowledge; charity; self-control; performance of sacrifice; study of the Vedas; austerity; simplicity; nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquillity; aversion to faultfinding; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; vigor; forgiveness; fortitude; cleanliness; and freedom from envy and from the passion for honor – these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature.

8:29These are the qualification, daiva-sampada. Abhayam: one should be fearless. Who can become fearless? The one of the qualification of conditioned soul is fearfulness.

8:52Only a person who is advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he can become fearless. And sattva-saṁśuddhi. Sattva-saṁśuddhi. Our this sattva, existentional position, is impure, diseased. Therefore we die, again take birth.

9:27Asunti[?]. So sattva-saṁśuddhi: one should try to purify his existence. For that purpose there is necessity of tapasya. Tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena śuddhyet sattvam SB 5.5.1Tapasya means austerity.

9:47If you want to cure your disease, then you must follow some austerities, rules and regulation. One man is suffering from diarrhea. If he is allowed to eat whatever he likes, then he will never be cured.

10:07He must observe fasting for few days; then it will be cured. So this is sattva-saṁśuddhi. So we are put into this cycle of birth and death. If we don't correct it...

10:29Correct means we shall be less attached to the material enjoyment. So long we are attached to material enjoyment, we have to transmigrate from one type of body to another.

10:44So daivī-sampada means those who are devatās, their first business is how to rectify this diseased condition of life, repetition of birth and death. Everything is there.

11:05Sattva-saṁśuddhir jñāna. This requires jñāna, knowledge.

Brahminical qualities and religious duties

11:14Unless I know what is my position, why I am dying, what is death... This requires jñāna. Jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam BG 18.42

11:27That means you have to become a brāhmaṇa. Then you will have complete knowledge. Abhayaṁ sattva-saṁśuddhir jñāna, yoga, jñāna-yoga. Vyavasthitiḥ. Dānam. Those who are kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, they should give in charity.

11:55That is also one of the sattva-saṁśuddhiḥ. Damaś ca, to control over the mind and the senses. Yajñaś ca: perform the yajña, hari-saṅkīrtana in this age. Yajñaś ca svādhyāyaḥ: must read Vedic literature.

12:33Tapa ārjavam. Tapasya, austerity; ārjavam, very frank and no duplicity, ārjavam. Dānam ahiṁsā, not unnecessarily, not to become envious. Huh? [indistinct] [break] [end]