Sankhya Karika Verse 44

Sanskrit Verse

धर्मेण गमनमूर्ध्वं गमनमधस्ताद् भवत्यधर्मेण । ज्ञानेन चापवर्गो विपर्ययादिष्यते बन्धः ॥ ४४ ॥

Transliteration

dharmeṇa gamanam ūrdhva gamanam adhastād bhavati adharmeṇa | jñānena ca apavargaḥ viparyayāt iṣyate bandhaḥ ||

Translation

By virtue, is going upward ; going downward is by vice ; and by knowledge, is Release ; from the reverse, Bondage is considered (to be.)

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Reference: Sankhya Karika