आसुरी सम्पत्
Asuri Sampat
Demonic qualities that lead to bondage
📜Understanding Asuri Sampat
Asuri Sampat means "demonic wealth" or "demonic qualities." Chapter 16 of the Bhagavad Gita contrasts the divine nature with six primary qualities that characterize the asuric (demonic) nature: hypocrisy (dambha), arrogance (darpa), excessive pride (abhimana), anger (krodha), harshness (parushya), and ignorance (ajnana).
🕉️Related Shlokas(15)
Gita 2.50
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2
Yoga is skill in action—not clever manipulation for profit, but the artistry of acting so wisely that you transcend both good and bad karma, becoming free in this very life.
Gita 3.6
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 3
Restraining your hands while your mind runs wild is not spirituality—it is hypocrisy. True renunciation happens inside, not outside.
Gita 7.15
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 7
Four masks hide the Divine from human eyes: cruelty, stupidity, degradation, and demonic pride—all are maya's children.
📖Related Stories(15)
Trijata - The Prophetic Demoness
→Ramayana
Vibhishanas daughter Trijata protected Sita in Lanka despite family opposition. She had prophetic visions of Ramas victory and comforted Sita through her captivity.
Hanuman and Arjuna's Flag - Pride Humbled by Devotion (Bhakti Yoga)
→Mahabharata - Popular Tradition
Arjuna boasts he could have built Rama's bridge with arrows. A small monkey collapses every bridge Arjuna builds, then reveals himself as Hanuman. The lesson: Rama's bridge held through devotion, not engineering. Skill without devotion has no strength. Hanuman promises to ride Arjuna's flag in the coming war—adding divine support to the instrument.
💬Related Dialogues(14)
Tara's Wisdom - When the Queen Must Choose
→Tara & Vali
Pride overrules wisdom at fatal cost. The counsel we ignore is often the counsel we needed most. Strategic patience is not cowardice—it is intelligence.
Krishna's Peace Mission to Duryodhana
→Krishna & Duryodhana
Pride that refuses reasonable compromise leads to total destruction. Even God himself cannot save those determined to destroy themselves. The chance for peace often comes disguised as compromise, and those who reject it pay with everything.