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TEXT 30

TEXT 30

Devanagari

Devanagari

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये ।
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धि: सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ ३० ॥

Text

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pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca
kāryākārye bhayābhaye
bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti
buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca
kāryākārye bhayābhaye
bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti
buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

Synonyms

Synonyms

pravṛttim — doing; ca — also; nivṛttim — not doing; ca — and; kārya — what ought to be done; akārye — and what ought not to be done; bhaya — fear; abhaye — and fearlessness; bandham — bondage; mokṣam — liberation; ca — and; — that which; vetti — knows; buddhiḥ — understanding; — that; pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; sāttvikī — in the mode of goodness.

pravṛttim — zu tun; ca — auch; nivṛttim — nicht zu tun; ca — und; kārya — was getan werden muß; akārye — und was nicht getan werden darf; bhaya — Furcht; abhaye — und Furchtlosigkeit; bandham — Bindung; mokṣam — Befreiung; ca — und; — das, was; vetti — weiß; buddhiḥ — Unterscheidungsvermögen; — dieses; pārtha — o Sohn Pṛthās; sāttvikī — in der Erscheinungsweise der Tugend.

Translation

Translation

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.

O Sohn Pṛthās, das Unterscheidungsvermögen, durch das man erkennt, was getan werden muß und was nicht getan werden darf, wovor man sich fürchten muß und wovor man sich nicht zu fürchten braucht, was bindend und was befreiend ist, gründet in der Erscheinungsweise der Tugend.

Purport

Purport

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.

ERLÄUTERUNG: Handlungen, die im Sinne der Anweisungen der Schriften ausgeführt werden, nennt man pravṛtti, das Ausführen von Handlungen, die es wert sind, ausgeführt zu werden. Handlungen, die andersgeartet sind, sollten nicht ausgeführt werden. Wer die Anweisungen der Schriften nicht kennt, wird in die Aktionen und Reaktionen seines Tuns verstrickt. Unterscheidungsvermögen, das in Intelligenz gründet, befindet sich in der Erscheinungsweise der Tugend.