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Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 18, Verse 30: Krishna to Arjuna — Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

Bhagavad Gītā 18.30Chapter 18 · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga · Krishna → Arjuna · Pārtha · anuṣṭubh
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये ।
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥
pravṛttiṃ← pravṛtti(7 verses)accusative feminine singular nounengagement, activity (pra- + √vṛt: 'turning-toward') ca← ca(391 verses)and; (homonym: also the consonant ca) nivṛttiṃ← nivṛtti(3 verses)accusative feminine singular nouncessation, withdrawal (ni- + √vṛt 'turn') ca← ca(391 verses)and; (homonym: also the consonant ca) kāry← kārya(7 verses)compound (compound member)to be done, duty, effectākārye bhay← bhaya(12 verses)compound (compound member)fearābhaye
bandhaṃ← bandha(5 verses)accusative masculine singular nounbinding, bondage (from √bandh) mokṣaṃ← mokṣa(5 verses)accusative masculine singular nounliberation, release (from √muc) ca← ca(391 verses)and; (homonym: also the consonant ca) yā← yad(218 verses)nominative feminine singular nounwhich, who (relative pronoun) vetti← √vid(76 verses)present indicative 3rd person singular verbto know; to find (verbal root)attested in commentariesadvaitaविजानाति बुद्धिः, सा पार्थ सात्त्विकीviśiṣṭādvaitaकार्याकार्ये सर्ववर्णानां प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मयोः, अन्यतरनिष्ठानां देशकालावस्थाविशेषेषुइदं कार्यम् इदम् अकार्यम् इति चbhaktiसा सात्त्विकीadvaita-bhakti। करणे कर्तृत्वोपचारात् यया वेत्ति कर्ता बुद्धिः सा प्रमाणजनितनिश्चयवती हे पार्थ, सात्त्विकी। बन्धमोक्षयोरन्ते कीर्तनात् buddhiḥ← buddhi(48 verses)nominative feminine singular nounintellect, intelligence, discriminating facultyattested in commentariesadvaita, सा पार्थ सात्त्विकीviśiṣṭādvaitaवेत्ति कार्याकार्ये सर्ववर्णानां प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मयोः, अन्यतरनिष्ठानां देशकालावस्थाविशेषेषुइदं कार्यम् इदम् अकार्यमśuddhādvaita[3।42] इत्युक्त्या बुद्धेः परत्वाभिप्रायेण रथो गच्छतीतिवद्वा वेत्तृत्वमुच्यते।advaita-bhaktiसा प्रमाणजनितनिश्चयवती sā← tad(305 verses)nominative feminine singular nounthat (distal demonstrative); also 3rd-person pronoun pārtha← pārtha(42 verses)vocative masculine singular nounson of Pṛthā (Kuntī); epithet of Arjunaattested in commentariesadvaitaसात्त्विकीadvaita-bhakti, सात्त्विकी sāttvikī← sāttvika(15 verses)nominative feminine singular nounsāttvika (derived from sattva: 'pertaining to the sattva guṇa')attested in commentariesadvaita। तत्र ज्ञानं बुद्धेः वृत्तिः बुद्धिस्तु वृत्तिमती। धृतिरपि वृत्तिविशेषः एव बुद्धेः।।viśiṣṭādvaitaबुद्धिःbhakti। यया पुमान् वेत्तीति वक्तव्ये करणे कर्तृत्वोपचारः काष्ठानि पचन्तीतिवत्।advaita-bhakti। बन्धमोक्षयोरन्ते कीर्तनात्तद्विषयमेव प्रवृत्त्यादि व्याख्यातम्।
spokensingle-voice recital; rendered via IndicF5 conditioned on a Sanskrit reference clip
meaning

The intellect that knows when to act and when to withdraw, what is right and what is wrong, what brings fear and what brings freedom, what is bondage and what is liberation, that intellect is *sāttvika*, Arjuna.