薄伽梵歌 16.4

「 虛偽 」（Dambha）指假冒偽善，假裝自己不是什麼，假裝虔誠和敬神。它包括吹噓自己的偉大。宗教虛偽是虛偽中最糟糕的形式。虛偽是欺騙和謊言的混合體。那些吹噓自己優點的人只會得到缺點。「 傲慢 」（Darpa）指狂妄自大，因學識、財富、高貴出身等而驕傲。傲慢之人無法忍受看到同伴幸福。他對同伴在學識、幸福和繁榮方面的幸運感到越來越憤怒。「 粗暴 」（Parushyam，言語上）指將盲人說成有蓮花般的眼睛，將醜陋者說成美麗，將出身低微者說成出身高貴等等，通常帶有隱藏的、自私的或邪惡的動機。「 無明 」（Ajnanam）指無知，對自己職責的誤解。無知之人對何為當為、何為不當為一無所知，缺乏辨別力。正如一個孩子會將手中得到的任何東西放進嘴裡，無論乾淨與否，無知之人也無法辨別真實與虛幻、善與惡、美德與惡行。他正走在毀滅的道路上，不知道通往「解脫」（Moksha）的道路。他沉溺於此世俗存在的海洋中。這就是六種惡魔般的特質。這些邪惡特質構成了撒旦或惡魔般的財富，它們是解脫道路上的障礙。主克里希那稱呼阿周那為「 普利塔之子 」（Partha），暗示阿周那沒有惡魔般的特質，因為他出身高貴，是普利塔之子。阿修羅性情之人沒有信仰，他們質疑每一種教義，否認神的存在，否認世界過程的循環、《吠陀經》和倫理法則。感官享樂是他們的目標。他們搶劫他人，奪走鄰居的妻子，殘忍地殺害他人。他們不相信輪迴和來世，對正行、清淨和自制一無所知。阿修羅是那些曾與天神在天堂作戰，且仍在作戰的人。那些具備阿修羅傾向或邪惡特質的人就是阿修羅或惡魔。在這個鐵器時代，他們大量存在。甘薩（Kamsa）是阿修羅，希蘭亞卡西普（Hiranyakasipu）是阿修羅。即使一個擁有大學學歷和頭銜的人，如果他具備邪惡傾向或「 अशुभ習氣 」（Asubha Vasanas），他也是一個真正的阿修羅。從秘傳角度看，阿修羅與天神之間的戰爭，是人類內在純淨與不純淨傾向之間，即「悅性」（Sattva）與「變性」（Rajas）、「惰性」（Tamas）之間，永無止境的鬥爭。

Dambha Hypocrisy. To pretend to be what one is not? to pretend to be religious and pious. It consists of bragging of ones own greatness. Religious hypocrisy is the worst form of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is a mixture of deceit and falsehood. Those who boast about their own merits will get demerit only.Darpa Arrogance. Pride of learning? wealth? high connection? etc. An arrogant man cannot endure to see his fellowmen happy. He is more and more enraged at the fortune of his fellowmen in the matter of learning? happiness and prosperity.Parushyam (in speech) To speak of the blind as having lotuslike eyes? of the ugly as beautiful? of a man of low birth as one of high birth and so on? usually with an ulterior? selfish or evil motive.Ajnanam Ignorance? misconception of ones duties. An ignorant man is blind as to what should be done and what should not be done. There is absence of discrimination. Just as a child will put anything it gets in its hands into its mouth? whether it is clean or dirty? so also is the condition of the ignorant man who is not able to discriminate between the Real and the unreal? the good and the evil? virtue and vice. He is on the path of destruction. He does not know the road that leads to Moskha or liberation. He is drowned in the ocean of this worldly existence.These are the six demonical alities. These evil alities constitute the satanic or demonical wealth. They are obstacles on the path of liberation.By addressing Arjuna as Partha? Lord Krishna implies that Arjuna has no demonical alities in him as he is born in a noble family and is the son of Pritha.People of Asuric nature have no faith. They dispute every doctrine. They deny the existence of God. They deny the cycle of the worldprocess? the Vedas and the laws of ethics. Sensual indulgence is their goal. They rob people and take away their neighbours wives. They kill people ruthlessly. They do not believe in reincarnation and in the other world. They have no idea of right conduct? purity and selfrestraint.Asuras are those persons who have waged war and who still wage war with the gods in heaven. Those who are endowed with Asuric tendencies or evil alities are Asuras or demons. They exist in abundance in this iron age. Kamsa was an Asura. Hiranyakasipu was an Asura.Even a man of university alitifactions and titles is a veritable Asura if he is endowed with evil tendencies or Asubha Vasanas.Esoterically? the war between the Asuras and the gods is the internal fight that is ever going on between the pure and the impure tendencies in man? between Sattva and RajasTamas.