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very powerful and chivalrous in fighting, but who, because of deriding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, were called Rākṣasas, or demons. One may be very well educated, but if he has no sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, no obedience to the Supreme Lord, he is a demon. That is described by the Lord Himself in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.15):
na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ
“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.”  Āsuraṁ bhāvam  refers to not accepting the existence of God or the transcendental instructions of the Personality of Godhead.  Bhagavad-gītā  clearly consists of transcendental instructions imparted directly by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But  asura , instead of accepting these instructions directly, make commentaries according to their own whimsical ways and mislead everyone, without profit even for themselves. One should therefore be very careful of demoniac, godless persons. According to the words of Lord Kṛṣṇa, even if a godless demon is very well educated, he must be considered a  mūḍha ,  narādhama  and  māyayāpahṛta-jñāna .
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इति तूष्णीं स्थितान्दैत्यान् विलोक्य पुरुषोत्तमः। सयमानो विसृज्याग्रं पुच्छं जग्राह सामरः ॥ ४ ॥
iti tūṣṇīm sthitān daityān vilokya puruṣottamaḥ smayamāno viṣrjyāgraṁ pucchaṁ jagrāha sāmaraḥ
iti —thus;  tūṣṇīm —silently;  sthitān —staying;  daityān —the demons;  vilokya —seeing;  puruṣa-uttamaḥ —the Personality of Godhead;  smayamānaḥ —smiling;  viṣrjya —giving up;  agram —the front portion