Everyone is expecting some result for his personal benefit: "How much I have gained by this business?" That is our disease, everyone. Idam adya mayā labdham imaṁ prāpsye punar dhanam (BG 6.13). All the people of the world, they are struggling hard for existence, simply calculating that, "This much I have achieved today, and this much I'll achieve tomorrow. In this way my bank balance will be increased more and more." That is very much explained in the Sixteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā: āsuri. Pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā vidur āsura-janāḥ (BG 16.7). Āsura-janāḥ. (aside) Just find out the page, Sixteenth Chapter. Āsura-janāḥ. Asuric jo hai, ausiric ka arth hota hai . . . (The one who is Asuric, the meaning of asuric is . . .) Oh, I will continue in . . . asuric means non-devotees. Atheist. Asuric. What is the page?
Pradyumna:
- pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca
- janā na vidur āsuraḥ
- na śaucaṁ . . .
- (BG 16.7)
Prabhupāda: What is the page number?
Pradyumna: Seven-thirty-one.
Prabhupāda: So in the Sixteenth Chapter it has been explained that what is the difference between atheist and theist, or persons with God consciousness and persons without God consciousness. So it is said:
- dvau bhūta-sargau loke 'smin
- daiva āsura eva ca
- daivi vistaraśaḥ prokta
- āsuraṁ pārtha me śṛṇu
- (BG 16.6)
Kṛṣṇa is explaining that there are two classes of men, loke, in every place or every planet. Some planets are full of asuras. They are called asura-loka. And another place it is said that, "Who are the asuras and who are the devas?" Viṣṇu-bhakto bhaved daiva āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ. Even a . . . there are many demigods. The demigods worshiper are also demons. Only viṣṇu-bhakto bhaved daivaḥ. Viṣṇu-bhakta, those who are devotee of the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu