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Bhagavad-gītā 18.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये ।
- बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥३०॥
- pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca
- kāryākārye bhayābhaye
- bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti
- buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
pravṛttimdoing — doing; caalso — also; nivṛttimnot doing — not doing; caand — and; kāryawhat ought to be done — what ought to be done; akāryeand what ought not to be done — and what ought not to be done; bhayafear — fear; abhayeand fearlessness — and fearlessness; bandhambondage — bondage; mokṣamliberation — liberation; caand — and; yāthat which — that which; vettiknows — knows; buddhiḥunderstanding — understanding; sāthat — that; pārthaO son of Pṛthā — O son of Pṛthā; sāttvikīin the mode of goodness — in the mode of goodness.
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.
Performing actions in terms of the directions of the scriptures is called pravṛtti, or executing actions that deserve to be performed. And actions which are not so directed are not to be performed. One who does not know the scriptural directions becomes entangled in the actions and reactions of work. Understanding which discriminates by intelligence is situated in the mode of goodness.