Bhagavad Gita 16.4
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च । अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् ॥
dambho darpo 'bhimānaś ca krodhaḥ pāruṣyam eva ca ajñānaṁ cābhijātasya pārtha sampadam āsurīm
Translation
Hypocrisy, arrogance, self-conceit, anger, harshness, and also ignorance: these, O Partha, belong to one born to the demonic endowment.
Reflection
Which of the six asuri marks shows up most often as a brief flicker in your day?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Sixteen
Six asuri marks, condensed. Dambha is performance of virtue without virtue. Darpa is swollen sense of self that refuses correction. Abhimana is sticky claim of credit. Krodha is fire deployed for grievance, not for boundary. Parushya is rough speech that bruises before it informs. Ajnana is the floor under all five: refusal to look. Where the daiva roster spreads across two verses, asuri compresses into one. The compression itself is the teaching. Demonic posture is small. It collapses inward. It does not branch into many fine practices because it is not interested in practice. It runs on impulse. Krishna names it cleanly so the seeker can spot a turn toward it in self and pull back before it locks.