Chapter 16, Verse 6
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च। दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु।।16.6।।
dvau bhūtasargau loke'smin daiva āsura eva ca. daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṃ pārtha me śṛṇu.16.6.
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- द्वौ (dvau)
- two
- भूतसर्गौ (bhūta-sargau)
- types/creations of beings (i.e., classes of created beings)
- लोके अस्मिन् (loke asmin)
- in this world
- दैव (daiva)
- divine (one type)
- आसुर (āsura)
- demoniac (the other type)
- एव च (eva ca)
- indeed, and (emphatic conjunction)
- दैवः (daivaḥ)
- the divine (type)
- विस्तरशः (vistaraśaḥ)
- in detail, at length
- प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ)
- has been described/declared (by Me)
- आसुरम् (āsuram)
- the demoniac (type)
- पार्थ (pārtha)
- O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
- मे (me)
- from Me
- शृणु (śṛṇu)
- hear! (imperative)
Commentary
There are two creations of beings in this world, the divine and the demoniac. The divine has been described at length ; hear from Me, O Partha, of the demoniac.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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द्वौ (dvau)
भूतसर्गौ (bhūta-sargau)
लोके अस्मिन् (loke asmin)
दैव (daiva)
आसुर (āsura)
एव च (eva ca)
दैवः (daivaḥ)
विस्तरशः (vistaraśaḥ)
प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ)
आसुरम् (āsuram)
पार्थ (pārtha)
मे (me)
शृणु (śṛṇu)
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