22 Sri Isopanisad
MANTRA THREE

FEN A I AH AIT THAISSTT: |
aed Reniaresha aH aaa Fat: FA

asuryad nama te loka
andhena tamasavurtah

tams te pretyabhigacchanti
ye ke catma-hano janah.

asuryah—meant for the asuras; nadma—famous by the name; te—those;
lokah—planets; andhena—ignorance; tamasa—darkness; dvrtah—covered by;
tan—there; te—they; pretya—after death; abhigacchanti—do enter into;
ye—anyone; ke—everyone; ca—and; atma-hanah—the killer of the soul;
Janah—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 cither neglectful of the responsi-
bilities 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 [tg Veda it is stated that the
suras always aim at the Lotus Feel of the Supreme Lord Visnu,
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
