Text 10-1
The Divine and Demonic Natures
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the invention of nuclear weapons, of which the whole world is today very proud. At any moment war may take place, and these atomic weapons may create havoc. Such things are created solely for the destruction of the world, and this is indicated here. Due to godlessness, such weapons are invented in human society; they are not meant for the peace and prosperity of the world.
१९८१  मधील स्थापने के आर्य संस्कृती मध्य स्थानांतर आर्य संस्कृती मध्य स्थानांतर आर्य संस्कृती मध्य स्थानांतर
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विता । मोहाद्रहीत्वासद्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः ॥१०॥
kāmam āśritya duṣpūraṁ dambha-māna-madānvitāḥ mohād gṛhītvāsad-grāhān pravartante 'śuci-vratāḥ
kāmam —lust;  āśritya —taking shelter of;  duṣpūram —insatiable;  dambha —pride;  māna —false prestige;  mada-anvitāḥ —absorbed in conceit;  mohāt —by illusion;  gṛhītvā —taking; asat —nonpermanent; grāhān —things;  pravartante —flourish;  aśuci —unclean;  vratāḥ —avowed.
TRANSLATION
The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean work, attracted by the impermanent.
PURPORT
The demoniac mentality is described here. The demons’ lust is never satiated. They will go on increasing and increasing their insatiable desires for material enjoyment. Although they are always full of anxieties on account of accepting nonpermanent things, they still continue to engage in such activities out of illusion. They have no knowledge and cannot tell that they are heading the wrong way. Accepting nonpermanent things, such demoniac people create their own God, create their own hymns and chant accordingly. The result is that they become more and more attracted to two things—sex enjoyment and accumulation of material