BG 18 VERSE 32
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी
adharmaṃ dharmam iti yā
manyate tamasāvṛtā
sarvārthān viparītāṃś ca
buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
SYNONYMS
adharmam: irreligion | dharmam: religion | iti: thus | yā: which | manyate: thinks | tamasā: by illusion | āvṛtā: covered | sarva-arthān: all things | viparītān: the wrong direction | ca: also | buddhiḥ: intelligence | sa: that | pārtha: O son of Pṛthā | tāmasī: the mode of ignorance. |
TRANSLATION
That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong direction, O Pārtha, is in the mode of ignorance.
