Bhagavad Gita · 18.30
॥
Devanāgarī
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये ।
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye |
bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
प्रवृत्तिम् चpravṛttim cawhat activity is, the path of action.
निवृत्तिम् चnivṛttim caand what renunciation is, the path of abstention.
कार्याकार्येkārya-akāryewhat should be done and what should not.
भयाभयेbhaya-abhayewhat should be feared and what should not.
बन्धम् मोक्षम् चbandham mokṣam cawhat binds and what liberates.
या वेत्तिyā vettiwhich knows.
बुद्धिः साbuddhiḥ sāthat intelligence.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
सात्त्विकीsāttvikīis in the mode of goodness.
Translation
“O Pārtha, that intelligence which knows what is the true path of action and what is the true path of renunciation, what should be done and what should not, what is to be feared and what is not, and what binds and what liberates — such intelligence is in the mode of goodness.”
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