Sanskrit

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।

न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥

16.7

Transliterasyon

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ |

na śaucaṃ nāpi cācāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate ||

Ni Sanskrit System · Draft ng makina · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Salin

The demoniacal know not what to do and what to refrain from; neither purity, nor right conduct nor truth is found in them.

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Ni Sanskrit System · Draft ng makina · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Paliwanag

The description of the demonic nature begins with a failure of discernment. Such people do not understand pravṛtti and nivṛtti, the right occasions for engaging in action and for withdrawing from it. Without that sense, they lack purity, good conduct and truthfulness. The verse suggests that moral decline begins with confusion about what is to be done and what is to be avoided. Arjuna himself began in such confusion, but his confusion arose from conscience, not from indifference.

Ni Sanskrit System · Draft ng makina · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08