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Chapter 16
Out of those beings, human beings, need bullock for farming. These bullocks are born of cows. Butter and milk of cows, nourish our body and mind. So we should protect the cow as mother. Similarly, herbs remove diseases and nourish the body. So, we should also protect these, so that our life may be pure, here and hereafter.
Daivo vistarasah! proktah:- Lord Krsna, declares that He has - described divine nature, at length. In this chapter, He has described the twenty-six signs (nine in the first verse, eleven in the second verse and six in the third verse) of him, who is endowed with divine nature. He has also described it, in the signs of him who has transcended, the three modes of nature[1], (in the twenty virtues of 'Jnana (knowledge or wisdom)[2], in the marks of a God-realized devotee[3], in the marks of a Karmayogi[4] and in the marks of a man of steadfast wisdom)[5].
Asuram partha me srnu:- The Lord, asks Arjuna to hear from Him, in detail, the nature of demoniac beings (Asura), who are given to sensuous life.
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