The demonic are beset by immeasurable anxieties that end only at death, fully convinced that sense gratification is life's highest aim. Every tradition identifies this as a condition of profound spiritual poverty masquerading as ambition. Shankara sees the endless anxiety as the natural result of clinging to inherently unstable objects. Ramanuja teaches that peace comes only from surrender to the Lord, not from multiplying possessions. Madhva explains that life without God offers no genuine security. Abhinavagupta identifies the 'immeasurable anxieties' as the torment of contracted consciousness desperately clinging to ephemeral experiences, mistaking ripples for the ocean of bliss. Vallabha sees the restless anxiety as the soul's suffering when separated from Krishna, its true beloved. The bhakti tradition prescribes constant remembrance of God as the antidote to existential dread. Tilak notes that duty-centered living provides meaning that mere gratification never can. Vivekananda diagnoses this as the modern condition — material pursuit as life's purpose leads to mounting anxiety, never to lasting satisfaction. The Vedantic prescription is direct: realize your true nature as infinite consciousness, and the craving dissolves at its root.