Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]The divine nature is deemed for liberation, the demoniac for bondage. Grieve not, O Pandava; thou art born for a divine lot.
BG 16.5
दैवी सम्पद् विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता । मा शुचः सम्पदं दैवीम् अभिजातो ऽसि पाण्डव ॥
daivī sampad vimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā | mā śucaḥ sampadaṃ daivīm abhijāto 'si pāṇḍava ||
"Daivī wealth leads to liberation, āsurī to bondage. Do not grieve, Arjuna — you are born to the divine endowment."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The divine state is deemed to make for liberation, the Asurika for bondage; grieve not, O Pandava, thou art born for a divine state.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Divine nature is deemed to lead to liberation, demonic to bondage. Grieve not, O son of Pandu; thou art born to a divine nature.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]The godlike nature has been deemed to be for liberation, the demoniac nature for bondage. Grieve not, O Pandava; thou hast been born with a divine nature.