Bhagavad Gita · 18.22
॥
Devanāgarī
यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम् ।
अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yat tu kṛtsnavad ekasmin kārye saktam ahaitukam |
atattvārthavad alpaṁ ca tat tāmasam udāhṛtam ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत् तुyat tubut that [knowledge] which.
कृत्स्नवत्kṛtsnavatas though it were all-encompassing.
एकस्मिन् कार्येekasmin kāryeto one (ekasmin) kind of activity (kārye).
सक्तम्saktamis attached.
अहैतुकम्ahaitukamis without (a-) rational (haitukam) basis.
अतत्त्वार्थवत्atattva-arthavatnot corresponding (a-vat) to the true (tattva) meaning (artha).
अल्पम् चalpam caand trivial.
तत् तामसम्tat tāmasamthat is in the mode of ignorance.
उदाहृतम्udāhṛtamis called.
Translation
“But that knowledge which makes a person cling to one kind of activity as though it were all-important, which is without rational basis, does not accord with the truth, and is trivial in essence — that is called knowledge in the mode of ignorance.”
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