The Gita

Chapter 18 · Verse 32 of 78

The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation

मोक्षसन्न्यासयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

The intellect shrouded in darkness perceives right as wrong and wrong as right, having an inverted understanding of everything. This intellect, O, Pārtha, belongs to the Dark (Tāmasic) Mode. (18:32)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता ।

सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी॥

Word-by-word

अधर्मम् धर्मम् इति या मन्यते तमसा-आवृता,

-अर्थान् विपरीतान् च— बुद्धिः सा, पार्थ, 'तामसी'!

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