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TEXT 30 pravrttim ca nivrttim ca
SYNONYMS  pravrttim--deserving;
ca--also; nivrttim--not deserving; ca--and; karya--work;
akarye--reaction; bhaya--fearful; abhaye--fearlessness;
bandham--obligation; moksam ca--and liberation; ya--that
which; vetti--knows; buddhih--understanding; sa--that;
partha--O son of Prtha; sattviki--in the mode of goodness.
TRANSLATION O son of
Prtha, 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, that understanding is established
in the mode of goodness.
PURPORT Actions which
are performed in terms of the directions of the scriptures are called pravrtti,
or 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.
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