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