BG 16.7

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥
pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ
na śaucaṁ nāpi cācāro na satyaṁ teṣu vidyate

Word-for-word meanings

janāḥ — people;  āsurāḥ — of ungodly nature;  na viduḥ — do not know;  pravṛttim ca — [what is] appropriate action;  ca — and;  nivṛttim — [what is] to be avoided;  teṣu — in them;  vidyate — there exists;  na — neither;  śaucam — purity;  na — nor;  api ca — also;  ācāraḥ — virtuous conduct;  na — nor;  satyam — truth.

Translation

People of ungodly nature do not know what is appropriate action and what is to be avoided. Thus, in them there exists neither purity, nor virtuous conduct, nor truthfulness.

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