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द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च।

दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु।।16.6।।

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

16.6 द्वौ two, भूतसर्गौ types of beings, लोके in world, अस्मिन् (in) this, दैवः the divine, आसुरः demonical, एव even, च and, दैवः the divine, विस्तरशः at length, प्रोक्तः has been described, आसुरम् demoniacal, पार्थ O Partha, मे from Me, श्रृणु hear.

Commentary:
The two divisions of created beings, the one divine and the other satanic, carry on their respective activities in accordance with their natural tendencies or traits.In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad also you will find Verily there are two classes of the Creators creatures -- gods and demons (I.3.1).Bhutasargau Creations of beings, types or classes of creatues. Creation here means what is created. The men who are created with the two kinds of nature, the divine and the demonical, are here mentioned as the two creations. Every man in this world comes under the one or the other of the two creations, the divine and the demoniacal.Lord Krishna says to Arjuna, I will now describe to thee the characteristics of those men who are endowed with the devilish alities. If you have an understanding of the demoniacal alities, you will avoid them. The demoniacal nature is described in detail to the very end of this discourse.There is some reference in chapter IX, verses 9, 11 and 12, to the demoniacal nature but as the description is incomplete it is completed in this discourse.The divine nature has been declared in detail by the blessed Lord in the previous chapters -- the state of a Sthitaprajna in chapter II, the state of a Bhagavata in chapter XII and the state of a Trigunatita in chapter XIV and in the first three verses of this discourse.

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।16.6।। -- द्वौ द्विसंख्याकौ भूतसर्गौ भूतानां मनुष्याणां सर्गौ सृष्टी भूतसर्गौ सृज्येतेति सर्गौ भूतान्येव सृज्यमानानि दैवासुरसंपद्द्वययुक्तानि इति द्वौ भूतसर्गौ इति उच्येते? द्वया ह वै प्राजापत्या देवाश्चासुराश्च (बृह0 उ₀ 1।3।1) इति श्रुतेः। लोके अस्मिन्? संसारे इत्यर्थः? सर्वेषां द्वैविध्योपपत्तेः। कौ तौ भूतसर्गौ इति? उच्येते -- प्रकृतावेव दैव आसुर एव च। उक्तयोरेव पुनः अनुवादे प्रयोजनम् आह -- दैवः भूतसर्गः अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः (गीता 16।1) इत्यादिना विस्तरशः विस्तरप्रकारैः प्रोक्तः कथितः? न तु आसुरः विस्तरशः अतः तत्परिवर्जनार्थम् आसुरं पार्थ? मे मम वचनात् उच्यमानं विस्तरशः श्रृणु अवधारय।।आ अध्यायपरिसमाप्तेः आसुरी संपत् प्राणिविशेषणत्वेन प्रदर्श्यते? प्रत्यक्षीकरणेन च शक्यते तस्याः परिवर्जनं कर्तुमिति --,

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

16.6 There are two types of beings in this world, the divine and the demoniacal; the divine has been described at length; hear from Me, O Arjuna, of the demoniacal.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

16.6 Dvau, two, in number; are the (kinds of) bhuta-sargau, creation of beings, of men. Sarga is derived from srj in the sense of that which is created. The persons themselves, who are created with the natures of gods and demons, are being spoken of as 'two creations of beings', which accords with the Upanisadic text, 'There were two classes of Prajapati's sons, the gods and the demons' (Br. 1.3.1). For, asmin, in this; loke, world, all (persons) can rationally be divided into two classes. Which are those two creations of beings? The answer is, the two are the daiva, divine; eva ca, and; the asura, the demoniacal which are being discussed. The Lord speaks of the need of restating the two that have been already referred to: Daivah, the divine creation of beings; proktah, has been spoken of; vistarasah, elaborately-in, 'Fearlessness, purity of mind,' etc. (1-3). But the demoniacal has not been spoken of in extenso. Hence, O son of Prtha, srnu, hear of, understand; the asuram, demoniacal; me, from Me, from My speech which is being uttered in detail, so that this may be avoided. Upto the end of the chapter the demoniacal nature is being presented as the alities of creatures; for, when this is directly perceived, it becomes possible to eschew it: