Samkhya Karika 44

धर्मेण गमनमूर्ध्वं गमनमधस्ताद् भवत्यधर्मेण ।
ज्ञानेन चापवर्गो विपर्ययादिष्यते बन्धः ॥ ४४ ॥

dharmeṇa gamanamūrdhvaṁ gamanamadhastād bhavatyadharmeṇa ।
jñānena cāpavargo viparyayādiṣyate bandhaḥ ॥ 44 ॥

Dharmeṇa=through dharma (virtue); gamanam=movement; ūrdhvaṁ=upward; gamanam=movement; adhastāt=downward; bhavati=happens; adharmeṇa=through non-virtuous deeds; jñānena=by knowledge; ca=and; apavargaḥ=liberation; viparyayāt=from the reverse (of knowledge); iṣyate=attained (lit. desired); bandhaḥ=bondage

By virtue, one attains ascent to higher planes; by non-virtue (vice), descent to the lower planes; from wisdom is attained liberation; and bondage from the reverse (ignorance).

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