Chapter 16 verse 4
“O Partha, the qualities of those who possess a demoniac nature is hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance.”
Bhagwan
could not be more prescriptive of how to reach Him. In the Vedic way of
teaching, both what is good and bad has been enumerated so the student does not
have any doubts or chance for misinterpretation. In the previous verses,
Bhagwan pointed to behavior which leads beings to divinity. In this verse, he
points to behaviors to avoid or what would lead beings to the slippery slope of
spiritual fall. Being a hypocrite in having a different external disposition
and internal bearing is not desirable. Other qualities which can cause a
spiritual fall are arrogance (ego), conceit, anger (borne out of desires),
harshness towards others and ignorance of true knowledge.
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