Bhagavad Gita 18.32
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी।।
adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛitā sarvārthān viparītānśh cha buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| adharmam | adharmam | irreligion |
| dharmam | dharmam | religion |
| iti | iti | thus |
| yā | yā | which |
| manyate | manyate | imagines |
| tamasa-āvṛitā | tamasa-āvṛitā | shrouded in darkness |
| sarva-arthān | sarva-arthān | all things |
| viparītān | viparītān | opposite |
| cha | cha | and |
| buddhiḥ | buddhiḥ | intellect |
| sā | sā | that |
| pārtha | pārtha | Arjun, the son of Pritha |
| tāmasī | tāmasī | of the nature of ignorance |
That intellect, O Arjuna, which is enveloped in darkness and sees Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted, is Tamasic (dark).
हे पार्थ ! तमस् (अज्ञान अन्ध:कार) से आवृत जो बुद्धि अधर्म को ही धर्म मानती है और सभी पदार्थों को विपरीत रूप से जानती है, वह बुद्धि तामसी है।।