Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, Verse 6

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च । दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु

dvau bhūtasargau loke'smindaiva āsura eva ca | daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṃ pārtha me śṛṇu

Translation

There are two creations of beings in this world, the divine and the demoniac. The divine has been described at length; hear from Me, O Pārtha, of the demoniac.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

dvau

two

bhūtasargau

of beings, emanations

loke

in world

asmin

(in) this

daivaḥ

divine

āsuraḥ

demoniacal

eva

even

ca

and

daivaḥ

divine

vistaraśaḥ

in detail

proktaḥ

said

āsuram

demoniacal

pārtha

O Pārtha

me

of me

śṛṇu

hear

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

"Creation" means what is created. The men who are created with the two kinds of nature, the divine and the demoniac, are here spoken of as the 'two creations.' It is said in the Śruti: "Verily there are two classes of Prajāpati's creatures, Devas and Asuras" (Bṛ. Up. 1.3.1). Every being in this world is included in the one or the other of the two creations. The divine has been declared at length, beginning with xvi.1, but not the demoniac; therefore, do thou hear and understand the demoniac nature to be described at length in the sequel in order that you may avoid it.