BG - 18.30

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये।बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी।।18.30।।

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha kāryākārye bhayābhaye bandhaṁ mokṣhaṁ cha yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

• 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

Translation

The intellect which knows the path of work and renunciation, what should be done and what should not be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation—that intellect is Sattvic (pure), O Arjuna.

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