BG 16.6

द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोके ऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च । दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्तो आसुरं पार्थ मे शृणु ॥

dvau bhūta-sargau loke 'smin daiva āsura eva ca | daivo vistaraśaḥ prokto āsuraṃ pārtha me śṛṇu ||

"Two kinds of beings exist — daiva and āsura. The divine has been described; now hear the āsura from Me, O Arjuna."

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Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)

There are two creations of beings in this world, the divine and the demoniac. The divine has been described at length; hear from Me, O Partha, of the demoniac.

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]

There are two types of beings in this world, the divine and the Asurika. The divine have been described at length; hear from Me, O Partha, of the Asurika.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]

There are two kinds of created beings in this world, the divine and the demoniacal. The divine has been described at length; hear from me, O Arjuna, about the demoniacal.

K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)

[13]

There are two kinds of created beings in this world, the god-like and the demoniac. The god-like have been described at length. Hear now, from me, O son of Pritha, about the demoniac.