The divine destiny is deemed for deliverance, the demoniac for bondage. Grieve not, O Pandava; thou art born with divine qualities. Those with divine qualities... Give the reference to everyone, which chapter is it? The 16th chapter of the Gita. Gita, chapter number 16, verse number 5. It is the nature of men with divine qualities that whenever any favorable or unfavorable situation or event comes before them, their vision is always towards their own spiritual welfare, and the vision of those with firm refuge remains towards the personality of the Supreme Lord. Even on the occasion of war, when God placed Arjuna's chariot between both armies, then in Arjuna, then in Arjuna, family affection and attachment arose, and he thinks of retreating from his duty. To him, the attachment to family, the attachment to family and the fear of sin, both demoniac qualities and divine qualities appear. Even then, Arjuna repeatedly keeps asking about his own spiritual welfare. "I do not understand, I have taken refuge in You, I am Your disciple, tell me what is for my welfare." In this way, divine qualities were in Arjuna from the very beginning. The demoniac quality in the form of attachment was only incidental in him. Which later, by the grace of God, was destroyed. "My delusion is destroyed, and I have regained my memory." God knows all of that. Therefore He says, "Brother, do not grieve, you possess divine qualities." But Arjuna does not see divine qualities in himself because noble and respectable men do not see good qualities in themselves. They are always self-deprecating. They do not give respect to their own personality. In themselves, he... This is not running, brother. The cure we... Yes, that is right, but I am saying that. It is not running, then tomorrow it might happen like that. Is what happens today going to happen tomorrow as well? Let us stop this talk. But Arjuna does not see divine qualities in himself because noble and respectable men do not see good qualities in themselves. They are always self-deprecating. They do not give respect to their own personality. They constantly see flaws in themselves. One reason for this is that they have developed a sense of oneness or identification with their virtues. One reason for this is that they have developed a sense of oneness or identification with their virtues. For those with demoniac qualities. Not for the divine. And they are completely separated from vices. Therefore, it is logical that a substance very close to oneself or a thing with which one has attained great oneness is not seen, and a separate thing... meaning he does not see his virtues. The divine, the nature of the divine is such that he does not see his own virtues and sees his own faults. What is the reason for that? Because he has developed a bit of closeness with the virtues. Therefore, what is close is not seen. Therefore, it is logical that a substance very close to oneself or a thing with which one has attained great oneness is not seen, and what is a separate thing is easily seen. Therefore, seekers with divine qualities always see their own flaws because they are separated from them, and they do not see their own virtues because they have identified with them. But God sees them, therefore to Arjuna, God, therefore to Arjuna, God gives reassurance, and Arjuna's personality is indeed of highly divine qualities. Since those with demoniac qualities have attained identification with vices, they do not see the vices present in themselves at all. They never identify with virtues; there is always a separation. Therefore, in themselves, they quickly see virtues, but the reality is the opposite. Persons with demoniac qualities are self-centered. Since they perceive virtues only in themselves, they consider their own importance to be great, and their own personality constantly appears highly worshipful to them. But in society, they do not get as much respect as they desire because great sages say that the result of having an excessive desire for respect is always insult. Therefore, they always smolder within their own hearts like half-burnt wood and, by resorting to evil means, attain hell. Whereas persons with divine qualities are other-centered. They see their own flaws and in others... They are other-focused. Other-centered means other-focused. If we have divine feelings, we give more importance to the devotee of God, and if we have demoniac feelings, we give more importance to ourselves, and the devotee of God does not get that much importance at all. Persons with divine qualities are other-centered. They easily see their own flaws and virtues in others. Their devotion to God is also Supreme Lord-centered, therefore devotion to God and other virtues quickly come to divine souls. A self-centered person can never take refuge in God. They do not like to give respect and honor to others at all. They are not ready to give respect and honor, meaning devotion or surrender, even to God Himself. Therefore, God has said, "The evil-doers, the foolish, the lowest of mankind, do not surrender unto Me." If by some circumstance such a soul has come into satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → If we have done some such work or if we have virtues, and because of that, we get a little bit of pride, not pride but thinking that we are doing well, is that considered a flaw in the divine qualities or demoniac? It is called a flaw. It is indeed called a flaw, right? No matter how much one progresses on the path of God, one should still feel that "there is deficiency in me," and Maharaj had said to look for deficiency. Even if one does not see it in oneself and one's personality is very perfect, still one must look for deficiency. If it is not seen, then take the testimony of the great ones. "How deficient am I compared to Shuk and Sanakadik, how deficient am I compared to King Janak," even if it is not seen, still one must try to see it. By looking at virtues in oneself, one's spiritual welfare is not achieved. That is, Maharaj's vision is a vision of welfare, not of reality. Even if there are virtues in oneself, our welfare lies in not looking at them. Like that. If we serve the devotee of God, serve the devotee of God, then should we feel pride within or... What does he say? We serve the devotee of God, should we feel pride in that? Well, pride and ego are completely different. Pride means, "I am highly fortunate, I got this platform, others do not get it," that is called pride. And ego is like, "there is no one like me, if I am not there, what will happen to all of this?" That is ego. So ego harms us, if there is pride, there is no problem. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details