View source for Asura means demon. They are just opposite . . . they are very much against anything, they want simply . . . cheaply to become God. That is their demonic principle

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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1968 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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Viṣṇu-bhakto bhaved daivaḥ. The godly person, who are devotee to the Lord, they are called demigods and āsuras, tad-viparyayaḥ. Asura means demon. They are just opposite . . . (indistinct) . . . they are very much against anything . . . they want simply . . . cheaply to become God. That is their demonic principle.

So when there was fight, the demons are always very much inimical to the gods. If you . . . there are many man . . . you have got experience, some of you. That if you speak something about God, they become very angry, what nonsense God, I am God. Everyone is God. What is special qualification of God? This is demonic principle.
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[[Vanisource:680825 - Conversation - Montreal|680825 - Conversation - Montreal]]
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So when the demons become full fledged human being. Body . . . demons and . . . there are two classes of man, one is called demon and another is called demigod or God. The demigod . . . the difference between demons and demigod is that the demigods, they are also human being but they obey the Supreme Personality of Godhead and they believe in the Supremacy of the Supreme Lord. But the demons, they do not believe in the existence of God or they obey the Supremacy of the Lord. That is the difference between demons and demigods. In the Bhagavad-gita also and other scripture also you find:

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:Dvau bhūta-sargau loke
:'Smin daiva āsura eva ca 
:([[Vanisource:BG 16.6 (1972)|BG 16.6]])
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There are two classes of man. Man means living entities. Either in this planet or any other planet, but in this planet the number of demons are great. Not in other planets. So, there are two classes of man, one class is called demon and other class is called god or demigod, and what is the difference between them? Viṣṇu-bhakto bhaved daivaḥ. The godly person, who are devotee to the Lord, they are called demigods and āsuras, tad-viparyayaḥ. Asura means demon. They are just opposite . . . (indistinct) . . . they are very much against anything . . . they want simply . . . cheaply to become God. That is their demonic principle.

So when there was fight, the demons are always very much inimical to the gods. If you . . . there are many man . . . you have got experience, some of you. That if you speak something about God, they become very angry, what nonsense God, I am God. Everyone is God. What is special qualification of God? This is demonic principle.

So there is always, not now, there is always a fighting between the gods and the demons. So when these demons grew up with full fledged strength, by the grace of the Lord. So they fought with the demigods in other planets, and sometimes the demons become victorious sometimes the gods became victorious.

So when the god became victorious, Hiranyakashipu, his wife was arrested. At that time his wife was pregnant.And the demigods, arresting the wife of Hiranyakashipu, was dragging her to take her into their, I mean to say, planet. In the meantime Narada Muni met. Narada Muni ask them what were you are doing. This innocent women you are dragging. They replied that, "The women is innocent I know." . . . the head of demigod Indra.

But she is pregnant and the child is born of the demon, so we shall keep this women under our custody . . . and as soon as the child is born, we shall kill him. That is our program. We are not going to do any harm to the women. Then Narada Muni informed that this child, although he is born of his demon father, he is a great devotee. He is a great devotee and do not try to kill him. And neither you can kill him, this is not possible. But the demigods, they accept the instruction of the authority, Narada is an authority.
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