Bhagavad Gita 18.32
Moksha Sanyasa Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता | सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ||१८-३२||
Transliteration
adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā . sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ||18-32||
That, which, enveloped in darkness, sees Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted that intellect, O Arjuna, is Tamasic (dark).
Word by Word
अधर्मम् Adharma, धर्मम् Dharma, इति thus, या which, मन्यते thinks, तमसा by darkness, आवृता enveloped, सर्वार्थान् all things, विपरीतान् perverted, च and, बुद्धिः intellect, सा that, पार्थ O Partha, तामसी Tamasic (dark)
Classical Commentary
That intellect which regards righteous acts as evil, and considers right things to be false, which treats everything in a contrary sense and looks upon virtues as if they were vices and takes everything that the scriptures declare to be good as being entirely wrong, is Tamasic. It views all things in a perverted light. Thus? O Arjuna? I have explained to thee the three aspects of the intellect. Now listen to the explanation of the characteristics of the three aspects of firmness.