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Bhagavad Gita 16.7

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते।।

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śhauchaṁ nāpi chāchāro na satyaṁ teṣhu vidyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
pravṛittimpravṛittimproper actions
chachaand
nivṛittimnivṛittimimproper actions
chachaand
janāḥjanāḥpersons
nananot
viduḥviduḥcomprehend
āsurāḥāsurāḥthose possessing demoniac nature
nananeither
śhauchamśhauchampurity
nananor
apiapieven
chachaand
āchāraḥāchāraḥconduct
nananor
satyamsatyamtruthfulness
teṣhuteṣhuin them
vidyatevidyateexist

The demoniacal do not know what to do and what to refrain from; they have neither purity, nor right conduct, nor truth.

आसुरी स्वभाव के लोग न प्रवृत्ति को; जानते हैं और न निवृत्ति को उनमें न शुद्धि होती है, न सदाचार और न सत्य ही होता है।।