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Chapter 18 · Verse 30 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.30

transformative Karma & Action Moksha & Liberation Fear & Courage

Sanskrit

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

Transliteration

pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha kāryākārye bhayābhaye bandhaṁ mokṣhaṁ cha yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī

Word by Word

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
which
vetti understands
buddhiḥ intellect
that
pārtha son of Pritha
sāttvikī in the nature of goodness
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals that the highest intellect is the one which sees with perfect clarity—understanding what action binds the soul and what liberation demands, recognizing fear as the prison of ignorance and fearlessness as the doorway to freedom. This is not mere intellectual knowledge, but the lived wisdom of a consciousness awake to its own nature.

'—you touch this sattvic intelligence that dissolves the very ground of bondage.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.30 — BG 18.30

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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