| 30. That which
knows action and inaction, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done
fear and absence of fear, bondage and liberation that intellect is Sattvic,
O Partha.Action (pravritti): the cause of bondage; the karma marga, the path
of action as taught in the sastra. Inaction (nivritti): the cause of liberation,
the path of samnayasa action (pravritti) and inaction (nivritti) occur in connection
with bondage (bandha) and liberation (moksha), they have been interpreted to
mean the paths of action and renunciation (karma and samnyasa). What, done:
the necessity for doing or not doingby one who relies on the Sastraat particular
places and times, actions producing visible or invisible results, according
as they are enjoined or prohibited by the scriptural or social ethics. Fear
etc.: the cause of fear and the cause of fearlessness, either visible or invisible.
Bondage and liberation: together with their causes. knowledge is a vritti or
function or state of intellect (buddbi), whereas intellect is what functions
or undergoes change of state. Even firmness (dhriti) is only a particular function
or state of intellect.Rajasic Intellect. |
