Verse 16.7

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 16.7:

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुर् आसुराः ।
न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥ ७ ॥

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ |
na śaucaṃ nāpi cācāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate || 7 ||

pravṛttim–tendency towards virtue; ca–and; nivṛttim–refraining from vice; ca–and; janāḥ–persons; na viduḥ–do not comprehend; āsurāḥ–demoniac; na–neither; śaucam–cleanliness; na–nor; api–even; ca–and; ācāraḥ–good conduct; na–nor; satyam–truthfulness; teṣu–in them; vidyate–exists.

Those who are demoniac do not comprehend virtuous tendencies nor how to abstain from vice. Cleanliness, proper conduct and truthfulness are not found in them.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

The word pravṛtti means ‘inclination to virtue’ (dharma), and nivṛtti means ‘abstaining from vice’.