18. Renunciation and Surrender

Mokṣha Sanyās Yog

BG 18.32

The intellect which is enveloped in darkness, which regards immorality as righteousness and perceives all things contrary to what they are, is of an ignorant nature.

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी

  • adharmaṁ — irreligion

  • dharmam — religion

  • iti — thus

  • — which

  • manyate — imagines

  • tamasāvṛitā — shrouded in ignorance
    tamasa-āvṛitā

  • sarvārthān — all things
    sarva-arthān

  • viparītānśh — opposite

  • cha — and

  • buddhiḥ — intellect

  • — that

  • pārtha — Arjuna

  • tāmasī — of the nature of ignorance

...18.28

I will now explain to you the threefold division of reasoning and conviction, Arjuna.

[29]

The pure intellect knows when to act and when to renounce. It knows what should be done and what should not. It can discriminate between fear and fearlessness, bondage and deliverance.

[30]

The intellect which incorrectly understands righteousness and immorality, which cannot decide which action is proper and which is improper, is of a passionate nature.

[31]

The intellect which is enveloped in darkness, which regards immorality as righteousness and perceives all things contrary to what they are, is of an ignorant nature.

[32]

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Chapter 18, Verse 32