The Gita

Chapter 18 · Verse 31 of 78

The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation

मोक्षसन्न्यासयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

On the other hand, the intellect that cannot differentiate between righteousness and immorality, what should be done and what should not be done, is characterized as Passional (Rājasic) Mode, O, Pārtha. (18:31)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।

अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी॥

Word-by-word

यया धर्मम्-अधर्मम् च, कार्यम् च अ-कार्यम् एव च,

अ-यथा-वत् प्र-जानाति— बुद्धिः सा पार्थ 'राजसी'।

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