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Bhagavad Gītā 16.7

BG 16.7

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

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

The godless do not know how to act or renounce; they lack both purity and truth. They do not understand the right principles of conduct.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

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

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 16.7, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/16.7), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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Dataset: Unlicense (public domain dedication). Translations: see per-translation licence.

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