^332:15 Memory--of what is experienced in the past births; and knowledge--of things transcending the ordinary limits of space, time and visible nature.--Anandagiri.

Come from Me--as the result of their good or evil deeds.

I indeed . . . Vedanta: It is I who am the Teacher of the wisdom of the Vedanta, and cause it to be handed down in regular succession.

^333:16 Two Purushas: Two categories--arranged in, two separate groups of beings,--spoken of as: 'Purushas,' as they are the Upadhis of the Purusha.

Imperishable--Maya-Sakti of the Lord, the germ from which the perishable being takes its birth.

Kutastha: That which manifests Itself in various forms of illusion and deception. It is said to be imperishable, as the seed of Samsara is endless,--in the sense that it does not perish in the absence of Brahma-Jnana.

^334:17 Another: quite distinct from the two.

The three Worlds: Bhuh (the Earth), Bhuvah (the Mid-Region) and Svah (the Heaven).

^334:18 The Perishable--The Tree of Samsara called Ashvattha.

The Imperishable--Which constitutes the seed of the Tree of Samsara.

^336:20 Highest intelligence--which realises the Brahman.

Will have accomplished . . . duties: Whatever duty one has to do in life, all that duty has been done, when the Brahman is realised.

SIXTEENTH CHAPTER

The Blessed Lord said:

1. Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and Yoga; almsgiving, control of the senses, Yajna, reading of the Shastras, austerity, uprightness;

2. Non-injury, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, tranquillity, absence of calumny, compassion to beings, un-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness;

3. Boldness, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of

pride; these belong to one born for a divine state, O descendant of Bharata.

4. Ostentation, arrogance and self-conceit, anger as also harshness and ignorance, belong to one who is born, O Partha, for an Asurika state.

5. The divine state is deemed to make for liberation, the Asurika for bondage; grieve not, O Pandava, thou art born for a divine state.

6. There are two types of beings this world, the divine and the Asurika. The divine have been described at length; hear from Me, O Partha, of the Asurika.

7. The persons of Asurika nature know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither is purity found in them nor good conduct, nor truth.

8. They say, "The universe is without truth, without a (moral) basis, without a God, brought about by mutual union, with lust for its cause; what else?"

9. Holding this view, these ruined souls of small intellect and fierce deeds, rise as the enemies of the world for its destruction.

10. Filled with insatiable desires, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, holding evil ideas through delusion, they work with impure resolve.