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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 30

Liberation Through Surrender

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.30 mean?

That intellect which knows action and renunciation, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared, bondage and liberation — that intellect, O Partha, is sattvic.

Word-by-word meaning

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

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