| "Pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca, janā . . . pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca, janā na vidur āsurāḥ (BG 16.7). Janā, there are two kinds of men, asura and daiva. Daiva āsurā eva ca. There are two, all throughout the whole universe, there are two classes of men: one is called daiva, another is called asura. What is the distinction? Viṣṇu-bhaktaḥ bhaved daiva āsuras tad-viparyayaḥ (CC Adi 3.91). One who knows his relationship with God, he is called daiva, and one who does not know, just like animal, they are called asura. There is no particular caste or creed, that here is a caste of asura, caste of daiva. No. Anyone who knows what is God and his relationship with God, sambandha, and then work according to that relation and achieve the goal of life, he is called daiva, or devatā. And one who does not know this, what is the goal of life, what is God, what is my relationship with God, he is asura."
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