BG - 16.7

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते।।16.7।।

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śhauchaṁ nāpi chāchāro na satyaṁ teṣhu vidyate

• pravṛittim - proper actions
• cha - and
• nivṛittim - improper actions
• cha - and
• janāḥ - persons
• na - not
• viduḥ - comprehend
• āsurāḥ - those possessing demoniac nature
• na - neither
• śhaucham - purity
• na - nor
• api - even
• cha - and
• āchāraḥ - conduct
• na - nor
• satyam - truthfulness
• teṣhu - in them
• vidyate - exist

Translation

The demoniacal do not know what to do and what to refrain from; they have neither purity, nor right conduct, nor truth.

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