Gita Verse 18.32

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 32

Sanskrit Verse

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।18.32।।

Transliteration

adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛitā

sarvārthān viparītānśh cha buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

Word meanings

adharmam—irreligion; dharmam—religion; iti—thus; yā—which; manyate—imagines; tamasa-āvṛitā—shrouded in darkness; sarva-arthān—all things; viparītān—opposite; cha—and; buddhiḥ—intellect; sā—that; pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha; tāmasī—of the nature of ignorance

Swami Sivananda's translation

That intellect, O Arjuna, which is enveloped in darkness and sees Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted, is Tamasic (dark).

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Tamas