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Śrī Īśopaniṣad
MANTRA THREE
असुर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसाऽब्रुताः । तांस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः ॥ ३ ॥
asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ tāṁs te pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātma-hano janāḥ.
asuryāḥ—meant for the asuras; nāma—famous by the name; te—those; lokāḥ—planets; andhena—ignorance; tamasā—darkness; āvṛtāḥ—covered by; tān—there; te—they; pretya—after death; abhigacchanti—do enter into; ye—anyone; ke—everyone; ca—and; ātma-hanaḥ—the killer of the soul; janāḥ—persons.
TRANSLATION
The killer of the soul, whoever he may be, must enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of darkness and ignorance.
PURPORT
A human life is distinguished from animal life on account of its heavy responsibilities. Those who are cognizant of these responsibilities and work in that spirit are called  suras , the godly. And those who are either neglectful of the responsibilities or who have no information about them are called the  asuras , or demons. There are only these two kinds of human beings all over the universe. In the  Rg Veda  it is stated that the  suras  always aim at the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, and act accordingly. Their ways are as illuminated as the path of the Sun.
Intelligent human beings must always remember that this particular form of body is obtained after an evolution of