Gita Verse 18.31

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 31

Sanskrit Verse

यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी।।18.31।।

Transliteration

yayā dharmam adharmaṁ cha kāryaṁ chākāryam eva cha

ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

Word meanings

yayā—by which; dharmam—righteousness; adharmam—unrighteousness; cha—and; kāryam—right conduct; cha—and; akāryam—wrong conduct; eva—certainly; cha—and; ayathā-vat—confused; prajānāti—distinguish; buddhiḥ—intellect; sā—that; pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha; rājasī—in the mode of passion

Swami Sivananda's translation

That by which one wrongly understands dharma and adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done—that intellect, O Arjuna, is rajasic (passionate).

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Rajas