BG 18.30
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये ।
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥
बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥
pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye
bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
bandhaṁ mokṣaṁ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
Word-for-word meanings
pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; sā — that; buddhiḥ — intelligence; yā — which; vetti — discriminates; pravṛttim ca — [between] action; ca — and; nivṛttim — renunciation; kārya — [between] what is to be done; akārye — [and] what is to be avoided; bhaya — [between that which results in] fear; abhaye — [and that which causes] fearlessness; bandham — [and between] bondage; ca — and; mokṣam — liberation; sāttvikī — [is] sāttvika.
Translation
O Arjuna, that intelligence which discriminates between the paths of action and renunciation, between what is to be done and what is to be avoided, between that which results in fear and that which causes fearlessness, and between bondage and liberation, is sāttvika.