Bhagavad Gita 16.7
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः। न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते।।16.7।।
pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ. na śaucaṃ nāpi cācāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate..16.7..
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- प्रवृत्तिं
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- च
- and
- निवृत्तिं
- cessation (what ought to be avoided), refraining from wrong activity
- च
- and
- जनाः
- people
- न विदुः
- do not know
- आसुराः
- those of demoniac nature
- न
- not
- शौचं
- purity/cleanliness
- न अपि
- nor even
- च
- and
- आचारः
- proper conduct
- न
- not
- सत्यं
- truthfulness
- तेषु
- in them
- विद्यते
- is found/exists
Commentary
7. Neither action nor inaction do the demoniac men know ; neither parity nor good conduct nor trurh is found in them*
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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