In Chapter 16 of Bhagwad Gita Bhagwan Sri Krishna deliberates on the Divine and Demonic natures, especially the Demonic.
Sri Krishna says that the ones with Divine nature are endowed with the following qualities: Fearlessness, purity of heart, cultivation of spiritual knowledge, charity, control over senses, sacrifice, study of Vedas, austerity, virtue, non-violence, honesty, absence of anger, renunciation, tranquility, averse to criticize others, compassion, free from greed, gentleness, modesty, determination, courage, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness and no hatred.
The Demonic nature is manifested as pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harsh words,ignorance.
For the ones with Demonic nature this is a place for self- gratification. These lost souls are full of misconceptions and misunderstandings that they engage in non-beneficial and horrifying activities that are destructive to the world. Due to lack of discrimination these people are attached to insatiable lust and are full of pride and false prestige. Satisfying their sensory desires is of prime importance. The outcome of attachment to too many desires is anxiety, lust and greed. They tend to become more and more greedy - insatiable. In the long run they become egoists These people become so conceited, stubborn, proud and deluded by wealth, that they perform superficial and namesake sacrifices which are not according to Vedic injunctions.
Due to egotism, power, arrogance, lust and anger, these demonic men become envious of the Supreme personality of Godhead, who is situated in their own bodies and the bodies of others. Such men are repeatedly cast into the ocean of material existence, that is, through repeated births they are kept away from the Supreme being.
There are three gates that lead to hell - Lust, Anger, Greed, If one has to escape these three gates of hell, one has to engage in acts of self-realization, understand and practice the regulations of the scriptures and gradually reach ones spiritual destination.
The Divine nature leads to liberation and the Demonic nature leads to bondage.
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