Intelligence

Karmany akarma yah pashyed akarmani ca karma yah, sa buddhiman manushyeshu sa yuktah krtsna-karma-krt

One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among people. They are in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of activities.

Bijam mam sarva-bhutanam viddhi partha sanatanam, buddhir buddhimatam asmi tejas tejasvinam aham

Know Me, O Partha, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intelligence of the intelligent and the brilliance of the brilliant. God is the primordial seed of all creation and the highest quality in those who excel — intelligence and brilliance are divine gifts.

Buddhir jnanam asammohah ksama satyam damah shamah, sukham duhkham bhavo 'bhavo bhayam cabhayam eva ca

Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmness, happiness and distress, birth, death, fear, and fearlessness — all these diverse qualities of living beings arise from Me alone.

Etam drishtim avashthabhya nashtatmano 'lpa-buddhayah, prabhavanty ugra-karmanah kshayaya jagato 'hitah

Following such a view, these lost souls — of small intelligence and cruel deeds — arise as enemies of the world, bent on its destruction. Holding a godless and nihilistic worldview inevitably leads to destructive action; those who adopt such a vision become instruments of harm rather than upliftment in the world.