Chapter 16: Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāg Yog
Yog through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures
This chapter expounds on the two kinds of  human nature—the saintly and the demoniac. Shree Krishna explains that  the saintly-nature develops in humans by cultivating the modes of  goodness, by following the instructions given in the scriptures, and  purifying the mind with spiritual practices. Such behavior attracts daivī sampatti or godlike qualities, eventually leading to God-realization. Contrary  to this, the demoniac-nature develops by associating with modes of  passion and ignorance and materially focused lifestyles that breed  unwholesome traits in human personality. This leads the soul finally to a  hell-like existence.
Shree Krishna enumerates the saintly virtues  of those endowed with a divine nature and then describes the demoniac  qualities that should be shunned consciously. Else, these will drag the  soul further into ignorance and samsara or the cycle of life  and death. In the end, Shree Krishna declares that the knowledge of the  scriptures helps in overcoming ignorance and passion. They also guide us  to make the right choices in life. Therefore, we must understand their  teachings and injunctions and accordingly perform our actions in this  world.
  Bhagavad Gita 16.1 – 16.3  View commentary » 
The Supreme Divine Personality  said: O scion of Bharat, these are the saintly virtues of those endowed  with a divine nature—fearlessness, purity of mind, steadfastness in  spiritual knowledge, charity, control of the senses, performance of  sacrifice, study of the sacred books, austerity, and  straightforwardness; non-violence, truthfulness, absence of anger,  renunciation, peacefulness, restraint from fault-finding, compassion  toward all living beings, absence of covetousness, gentleness, modesty,  and lack of fickleness; vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness,  bearing enmity toward none, and absence of vanity.

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