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Bhagavad Gita 18.30

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये।बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी।।

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha kāryākārye bhayābhaye bandhaṁ mokṣhaṁ cha yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
pravṛittimpravṛittimactivities
chachaand
nivṛittimnivṛittimrenuncation from action
chachaand
kāryakāryaproper action
akāryeakāryeimproper action
bhayabhayafear
abhayeabhayewithout fear
bandhambandhamwhat is binding
mokṣhammokṣhamwhat is liberating
chachaand
which
vettivettiunderstands
buddhiḥbuddhiḥintellect
that
pārthapārthason of Pritha
sāttvikīsāttvikīin the nature of goodness

The intellect which knows the path of work and renunciation, what should be done and what should not be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation—that intellect is Sattvic (pure), O Arjuna.

हे पार्थ ! जो बुद्धि प्रवृत्ति और निवृत्ति, कार्य और अकार्य, भय और अभय तथा बन्ध और मोक्ष को तत्त्वत जानती है, वह बुद्धि सात्विकी है।।