Bhagavad Gita -Madhvacharya 340

Bhagavad Gita -Sri Madhvacharya

(Bhashya and Tatparya Nirnaya)

Chapter 16 Daivaasurasampadvibhaga Yoga निबन्धाय means the lowest place, blind and covered by darkness. Being conscious of the blissful stages, divinities are said to attain greater happiness than the asuras (the unenlightened). That means the gandharvas (celestial beings), the lowest of the human beings and gods may attain deliverance. Further in ivamaaoxaaya the preposition iva makes it clear that even in deliverance there exists gradation (taratamya).It is but natural that the Jiva is a god, a-sura, or a human being because of their natural attributea and there can never be any change in their inclination. Because of curse some like Prahlad become born as asuras, but this asura attribute is not natural to them. Therefore, they attain their natural attribute of the gods. Like the alum which is clear, appears red with association of red flower, these appear to be asura because of the effect of the curses. But that is not a permanent stain and it cannot change their inherent divine attribute. Therefore the ones with divine attributes becoming eligible for the love of Sri Hari become fit for deliverance. They are not capable of being unhappy. 21- 22 – 23 – 24. Three-fold, desire, anger and greed, is the door to this hell leading the self to ruin. They should be renounced. Delivered from these three gates of darkness, O Arjuna, the man behaves in the manner which is proper for the self, by which it attains the Supreme Goal. But he who discards the norms of scriptures and behaves induced by his desires, neither attains perfection nor happiness, nor the Supreme Goal.Therefore, making the norms of scriptures authoritative for performance or non-performance of actions, become empowered here to perform actions, knowing what is declared according to the rules of scriptures.