Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 16

Bhagavad Gita 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

Translation

Demoniacal men know neither right energy nor right abstinence; nor purity, nor even propriety, nor truth is in them.

What it means

The demonic know neither right action nor right restraint; there is no purity, no right conduct, no truth in them. The diagnosis begins with a missing compass: no inner sense of when to move and when to stop.

Try this today

The core deficit: no reliable sense of when to move and when to stop.

Something to reflect on

Do I have a reliable sense of when to move and when to stop?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.