Bhagavad Gita 18.31
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी।।
yayā dharmam adharmaṁ cha kāryaṁ chākāryam eva cha ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| yayā | yayā | by which |
| dharmam | dharmam | righteousness |
| adharmam | adharmam | unrighteousness |
| cha | cha | and |
| kāryam | kāryam | right conduct |
| cha | cha | and |
| akāryam | akāryam | wrong conduct |
| eva | eva | certainly |
| cha | cha | and |
| ayathā-vat | ayathā-vat | confused |
| prajānāti | prajānāti | distinguish |
| buddhiḥ | buddhiḥ | intellect |
| sā | sā | that |
| pārtha | pārtha | Arjun, the son of Pritha |
| rājasī | rājasī | in the mode of passion |
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).
हे पार्थ ! जिस बुद्धि के द्वारा मनुष्य धर्म और अधर्म को तथा कर्तव्य और अकर्तव्य को यथावत् नहीं जानता है, वह बुद्धि राजसी है।।