Bhagavad Gita · 18.31
॥
Devanāgarī
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।
अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yayā dharmam adharmaṁ ca kāryaṁ cākāryam eva ca |
ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ययाyayāby which [intelligence].
धर्मम् अधर्मम् चdharmam adharmam cadharma and adharma.
कार्यम् च अकार्यम् एव चkāryam ca akāryam eva caand what should be done and what should not.
अयथावत्ayathāvatwrongly, distortedly.
प्रजानातिprajānātiit understands.
बुद्धिः साbuddhiḥ sāthat intelligence.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
राजसीrājasīis in the mode of passion.
Translation
“O Pārtha, that intelligence which wrongly understands what is dharma and what is adharma, what should be done and what should not, — such intelligence is in the mode of passion.”
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