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Krishna

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

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye | bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

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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

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The intellect which knows the activity and the cessation from activity, the proper and improper actions, the fear and non-fear, and the bondage and emancipation—that intellect is considered to be of the Sattva (Strand).

Shri Purohit Swami

That intellect which understands the creation and dissolution of life, what actions should be done and what not, which discriminates between fear and fearlessness, bondage and deliverance, that is Pure.

Swami Adidevananda

That Buddhi, O Arjuna, which knows activity and renunciation, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, fear and fearlessness, bondage and release - that (Buddhi) is Sattvika.

Swami Gambirananda

O Partha, that intellect is born of sattva which understands action and withdrawal, duty and what is not duty, the sources of fear and fearlessness, and bondage and freedom.

Swami Sivananda

That 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 Sattwic, O Arjuna!

Krishna

18.32 अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी

adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasā''vṛtā | sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

Word meanings

adharmam—irreligion;dharmam—religion;iti—thus;yā—which;manyate—imagines;tamasa-āvṛitā—shrouded in darkness;sarva-arthān—all things;viparītān—opposite;cha—and;buddhiḥ—intellect;sā—that;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;tāmasī—of the nature of ignorance

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The intellect which, containing darkness (ignorance), conceives the unrighteous one as righteous and all things topsy-turvy—that intellect is deemed to be of the Tamas (Strand).

Shri Purohit Swami

And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness.

Swami Adidevananda

That Buddhi, O Arjuna, which, enveloped in darkness, regards Adharma as Dharma and which reverses every value, is Tamasika.

Swami Gambirananda

O Parhta, that intellect is born of tamas which, being covered by darkness, considers vice as virtue, and verily perceives all things contrary ot what they are.

Swami Sivananda

That which, enveloped in darkness, views Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted–that intellect, O Arjuna, is called Tamasic!

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Krishna

18.31 यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी

Word meanings

yayā—by which;dharmam—righteousness;adharmam—unrighteousness;cha—and;kāryam—right conduct;cha—and;akāryam—wrong conduct;eva—certainly;cha—and;ayathā-vat—confused;prajānāti—distinguish;buddhiḥ—intellect;sā—that;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;rājasī—in the mode of passion

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The intellect, by means of which one decides incorrectly between the righteous and the unrighteous, and what is a proper action and an improper one—that intellect is of the Rajas, O son of Prtha!

Shri Purohit Swami

The intellect which does not understand what is right and what is wrong, and what should be done and what not, is under the sway of Passion.

Swami Adidevananda

The Buddhi which gives an erroneous knowledge of Dharma and Adharma (its opposite) and also of what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, O Arjuna, is Rajasika.

Swami Gambirananda

O Partha, that intellect is born of rajas with which one wrongly understands virtue and vice as also what ought to be done and ought not to be done.

Swami Sivananda

That by which one incorrectly understands Dharma and Adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done–that intellect, O Arjuna, is Rajasic!