Chapter 18, Verse 30
Chapter 18 · karma-yoga
Shloka
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये | बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ||१८-३०||
pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye . bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī ||18-30||
English Meaning
English Meaning
The intellect which knows the path of work and renunciation, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation that intellect is Sattvic (pure), O Arjuna.
Hindi Meaning
हे पार्थ ! जो बुद्धि प्रवृत्ति और निवृत्ति, कार्य और अकार्य, भय और अभय तथा बन्ध और मोक्ष को तत्त्वत जानती है, वह बुद्धि सात्विकी है।।
Russian Meaning
Разум, который знает путь работы и отречения, что следует делать и чего не следует делать, страх и бесстрашие, рабство и освобождение, этот интеллект является саттвичным (чистым), о Арджуна.
Spanish Meaning
El intelecto que conoce el camino del trabajo y la renunciación, lo que se debe hacer y lo que no se debe hacer, el miedo y la valentía, la esclavitud y la liberación, ese intelecto es Sáttvico (puro), oh Arjuna.
Commentary
The threefold nature of knowledge has been described already (verse 22 above). Now the threefold nature of the intellect is described. Knowledge is different from the intellect.Pravritti Action The cause of bondage the path of action. Nivritti Inaction The cause of liberation the path of renunciation the path of Sannyasa.Karyakarye The pure intellect knows what ought to be done and what ought not to be done at,particular places and times it knows the actions that produce visible or invisible results? that are enjoined or prohibited by the scriptures. It guides a man who relies on the scriptural ordinances for his daily conduct of life.Bhayabhaye Fear and fearlessness The cause of fear and fearlessness either visible or invisible.Bandham moksham Bondage and liberation together with their causes.Knowledge is a Vritti (function or state) of the intellect whereas intellect is what functions or undergoes the change of state. Even firmness is only a particular Vritti (modification or state) of the intellect. (Cf.XVIII.20)