Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 16 · The Divine and Demoniac Natures

    Verse 7

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 16, Verse 7

    प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते।।16.7।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    pravṛittiṁ cha nivṛittiṁ cha janā na vidur āsurāḥ na śhauchaṁ nāpi chāchāro na satyaṁ teṣhu vidyate

    Translation

    The demoniacal men neither know action nor renunciation. They have no cleanliness, nor right conduct, nor truth.
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