Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 7.15
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 7.15 · 7 · Verse 15
Sanskrit Original
।।7.15 7.16।।तर्हि सर्वेऽपि किमिति नात्याययन्नित्यत आह न मामिति। दुष्कृतित्वान्मूढाः अत एव नराधमाः। अपहृतज्ञानत्वाच्च मूढाः अत एवासुरं भावमाश्रिताः। स च वक्ष्यतेप्रवृत्तिं निवृत्तिं च 16।7 इत्यादिना। अपहारोऽभिभवः। उक्तं चैतद्व्यासयोगेज्ञानं स्वभावो जीवानां मायया ह्यधिभूयते इति। असुषु रता असुराः तच्चोक्तं नारदीये ज्ञानप्रधाना देवास्तु असुरास्तु रता असौ इति।
Then are all included?—that would be unjust. Hence ‘na mām’ (not me). Those deluded by wicked deeds are therefore the worst of men. By having knowledge taken away they are deluded, thus assuming demonic character. This (the distinction) is described as movement and cessation (16.7) and so on: removal becomes overpowering. Vyāsa‑yoga states that knowledge and the jīvas’ natural condition are overwhelmed by māyā. The demons delight in evil; Vyāsa says the gods are given to knowledge, demons to vice.