16.7

Sanskrit · Devanagari

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः। न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

pravṛttiṃ ca nivṛttiṃ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ na śaucaṃ nāpi cācāro na satyaṃ teṣu vidyate

Demoniac persons know not action or inaction, neither purity nor yet (correct) conduct nor veracity are in them.

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 48%.