Bhagavad Gita · 18.32
॥
Devanāgarī
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता ।
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā |
sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अधर्मम्adharmamadharma.
धर्मम् इतिdharmam itias dharma.
या मन्यतेyā manyatewhich (intelligence) considers.
तमसा आवृताtamasā āvṛtācovered (āvṛtā) by darkness (tamasā).
सर्वार्थान्sarva-arthānall (sarva) aims (arthān), all things.
विपरीतान् चviparītān caand in the opposite, in a perverted light.
बुद्धिः साbuddhiḥ sāthat intelligence.
पार्थpārthaO Pārtha!
तामसीtāmasīis in the mode of ignorance.
Translation
“O Pārtha, that intelligence which, enveloped in darkness, takes adharma to be dharma and sees all things in a perverted light, is in the mode of ignorance.”
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