Chapter 18 Verse 30 of 78

• pravṛttiḿ ca nivṛttiḿ ca
• kāryākārye bhayābhaye
• bandhaḿ mokṣaḿ ca yā vetti
• buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, that understanding by which one knows what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared, what is binding and what is liberating, is in the mode of goodness.

Synonyms

• pravṛttim

  doing

• ca

  also

• nivṛttim

  not doing

• ca

  and

• kārya

  what ought to be done

• akārye

  and what ought not to be done

• bhaya

  fear

• abhaye

  and fearlessness

• bandham

  bondage

• mokṣam

  liberation

• ca

  and

• yā

  that which

• vetti

  knows

• buddhiḥ

  understanding

• sā

  that

• pārtha

  O son of Prtha

• sāttvikī

  in the mode of goodness.

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