Gita Verse 18.30

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 30

Sanskrit Verse

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये।बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी।।18.30।।

Transliteration

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha kāryākārye bhayābhaye

bandhaṁ mokṣhaṁ cha yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

Word meanings

pravṛittim—activities; cha—and; nivṛittim—renuncation from action; cha—and; kārya—proper action; akārye—improper action; bhaya—fear; abhaye—without fear; bandham—what is binding; mokṣham—what is liberating; cha—and; yā—which; vetti—understands; buddhiḥ—intellect; sā—that; pārtha—son of Pritha; sāttvikī—in the nature of goodness

Swami Sivananda's translation

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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18