Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 7.16
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 7.16 · 7 · Verse 16
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।
(Same as 7-15) Then are all included?—that would be unjust. Hence ‘na mām’. Those deluded by wicked deeds are the worst of men. By the theft of knowledge they become deluded and adopt an asuric disposition. This is spoken of as activity and its cessation (16.7) etc.; the overturning is described. Vyāsa‑yoga says knowledge and the natural condition of jīvas are overpowered by māyā. The demons delight in evil; Vyāsa states that deities are disposed to knowledge, demons to evil.