Bhagavad Gita 18.30
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये । बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥
pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye / bandhaṃ mokṣaṃ ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
Translation
The intellect which knows going forth and turning back, what is to be done and not done, what is to be feared and not feared, bondage and liberation, Partha, that is of the bright kind.
Reflection
Which of the eight knowings do you most often blur in real decisions?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Eighteen
Sattvika buddhi. Four pairs of discrimination. Pravritti and nivritti, when to engage and when to withdraw. Karya and akarya, the act called for and the act to be refused. Bhaya and abhaya, what truly endangers and what only seems to. Bandha and moksha, what binds further and what frees. Eight knowings, held in clean pairs. This is moral perception at its peak. Most decisions get made by intellects that confuse one item in the pair with the other. The bright intellect is the one that does not blur the line. It is the working tool of every right choice the Gita has been pointing toward. Cultivating it is the lifelong task.