Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 16: The Divine and the Demonic Natures

Bhagavad Gita 16.5

daivī sampadvimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā | mā śucaḥ sampadaṃ daivīmabhijāto'si pāṇḍava ||

The divine qualities lead to freedom, and the demonic to bondage. Do not grieve, Arjuna; you were born with the divine nature.

Modern context

The divine qualities free; the demonic bind. Then Krishna reassures Arjuna: do not grieve, you were born with the divine nature. After a long list of faults, a reader might start worrying 'am I demonic?' Krishna anticipates that anxiety and soothes it. A person who worries about being bad is usually not; the truly demonic rarely ask the question.