BG 16.6

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन्दैव आसुर एव च ।
दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ॥
dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin daiva āsura eva ca
daivo vistaraśaḥ prokta āsuraṁ pārtha me śṛṇu

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  dvau — [there are] two [types];  bhūta-sargau — of living beings who take birth;  asmin — in this;  loke — world;  daivaḥ — the divine;  eva ca — and indeed;  āsuraḥ — the ungodly;  daivaḥ — the divine [nature];  proktaḥ — has been explained;  vistaraśaḥ — elaborately;  śṛṇu — [now] hear;  me — from Me;  āsuram — of the ungodly [nature].

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, there are two types of beings who take birth in this world — the divine and the ungodly. The divine nature has been elaborately explained; now hear from Me of the ungodly nature.

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