Mokṣa-Sannyāsa Yoga · Verse 30
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च कार्याकार्ये भयाभये | बन्धमोक्षौ च यावेति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी
pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca kāryākārye bhayābhaye | bandha-mokṣau ca yā vetti buddhiḥ sā pārtha sāttvikī
What knows activity and cessation, what should be done and what should not, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation — that intelligence is sāttvic, oh Pārtha.
Sāttvic intelligence: knows pairs of opposites correctly:
- Pravṛtti-nivṛtti — activity and cessation
- Kārya-akārye — duty and non-duty
- Bhaya-abhaye — fear and fearlessness
- Bandha-mokṣau — bondage and liberation
Distinguishes clearly, knows what leads to what. It is correct discrimination (viveka).