Bhagavad Gita · Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaChapter 16, Shloka 7 (16.7)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः
न शौचं नापि चाऽऽचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते
॥ 16.7 ॥
pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ
na śaucaṃ nāpi cā''cāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate
Translation
"Demonic people do not know pravritti and nivritti (what to do and what not to do); in them there is neither purity, nor good conduct, nor truth."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. puruṣārthasādhane kartavye pravṛttiḥ, anarthahetoḥ nivartitavyaṃ sā nivṛttiḥ; aśaucāḥ anācārāḥ māyāvinaḥ anṛtavādino hi āsurāḥ.
Ramanujacharya. abhyudayasādhanaṃ mokṣasādhanaṃ ca vaidikaṃ dharmam āsurā na viduḥ; satyaṃ yathārthajñānaṃ bhūtahitarūpabhāṣaṇaṃ (he also quotes the Daksha Smriti).
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