Chapter 18 • Verse 32

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Sanskrit Verse

adharmam dharmam iti ya manyate tamasavritha sarvarthan viparitams ca buddhi sa partha tamasi

Translation & Meaning

That intellect which, enveloped in darkness, regards unrighteousness as righteousness and sees all things in a perverted way — that intellect is tamasic, O Arjuna. Tamas inverts the understanding and makes darkness appear as light.

Key Teachings

  • •Tamasic intellect mistakes adharma for dharma due to deep delusion
  • •Tamas inverts perception, presenting all values in a distorted, upside-down manner
  • •This is the most dangerous form of intellectual impairment — confident wrongness

Topics

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