yaya dharmam adharmam ca karyam cakaryam eva ca ayathavat prajanati buddhi sa partha rajasi
The intellect that incorrectly understands righteousness and unrighteousness, and what should be done and what should not be done — that intellect is rajasic, O Arjuna. Rajasic understanding is distorted by passion and self-interest.
- •Rajasic intellect confuses dharma with adharma due to passion and bias
- •Incorrect perception of right and wrong action is a hallmark of rajas
- •Self-interest corrupts the discriminative faculty and produces erroneous judgment