In this Lord Krishna shares two types of human nature: saintly and demoniac. He explains that humans can develop a saintly nature by following the scriptures, purifying their minds, and cultivating good qualities. The chapter lists 26 divine qualities and six demonic qualities. The chapter also states that success depends on how well a person can use their goodness and minimize their demonic qualities.

ఈ అధ్యాయములో, శ్రీ కృష్ణుడు, మనుష్యులలో ఉండే రెండు రకాల స్వభావాలను వివరిస్తున్నాడు - దైవీ గుణాలు మరియు ఆసురీ గుణాలు. శాస్త్ర ఉపదేశాలను/నియమాలను పాటించటం, సత్త్వ గుణమును పెంపొందించుకోవటం, మరియు మనస్సుని ఆధ్యాత్మిక సాధనచే శుద్ధి చేసుకోవటం ద్వారా, దైవీ గుణాలు వృద్ధి చెందుతాయి. అది దైవీ సంపత్తి (దేవుని వంటి గుణములు) పెంచుకోవటానికి దోహదపడుతుంది, చిట్ట చివరగా అది భగవత్-ప్రాప్తిని కలిగిస్తుంది. దీనికి విరుద్ధంగా, ఆసురీ ప్రవృత్తి కూడా ఉంది, రజో గుణము, తమో గుణములతో అనుసంధానం వలన మరియు భౌతిక ప్రాపంచిక దృక్పథాన్ని అవలంబించటం వలన అది పెరుగుతుంది. అది మనిషి యొక్క వ్యక్తిత్వములో అపవిత్ర నడవడికను కలిగిస్తుంది, మరియు అంతిమంగా ఆత్మను నరకం వంటి స్థితిలోకి నెట్టివేస్తుంది.
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The general understanding of the masses is that Bhagavad-gita is a holy book of Hindu religion, an armchair book for the retirement years or an ancient scripture full of philosophical intricacies. All these "opinions" may sound like Gita may be outdated in the modern context. But by understanding the Bhagavad-gita you can easily see it is far from the above opinions. It is a user’s manual to lead a meaningful human life and has solutions for all our problems, challenges and questions as we go through phases of our live.

Lord Krishna imparted this knowledge to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, when the latter was in a distressful condition. Upon receiving this knowledge returned to his happy and stable position. All of us undergo difficult situations in life and often become overwhelmed by those situations not knowing where to find a solution. Bhagavad-Gita guides us out of such delusions and reestablishes us in our original position of eternity, knowledge and bliss. If we follow the instructions as given by Lord Krishna, then we can attain the same blissful state as Arjuna did.

How relevant is it in modern times?
Everyone wants to be happy and everyone is constantly searching for that happiness. Whether a child or an old-man, an Indian or an American, Hindu or Christian, man or woman, everyone is looking for happiness. But unfortunately, for the want of real knowledge of happiness they are searching for it everywhere and getting frustrated. Bhagavad-gita shows us where that happiness is. Just like when we purchase a new gadget, a user’s manual comes with it. The manual teaches us how to make the best use of that gadget and derive maximum happiness out of it. For the want of proper knowledge we may invent our own ways of using it but finally we will become frustrated. So, Bhagavad-gita is the manual given by the Supreme Lord Krishna which guides us in making the best use of this human life and to deriving real happiness from it.

In the modern times when people are deluged with conflicting information, guidelines, confused and misdirected, the Gita become all the more relevant for the individual as well as the society at large in bringing back the stability and happiness in life.
(Parts of the above excerpt From Hare Krishna Mandir Ahmedabad)

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