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TEXT 31 yaya dharmam adharmam ca
SYNONYMS  yaya--by
which; dharmam--principles of religion; adharmam--and irreligion;
ca--and; karyam--work; ca--also; akaryam--what
ought not to be done; eva--certainly; ca--also; ayatha-vat--not
perfectly; prajanati--knows; buddhih--intelligence; sa--that;
partha--O son of Prtha; rajasi--in the mode of passion.
TRANSLATION And that
understanding which cannot distinguish between the religious way of life
and the irreligious, between action that should be done and action that
should not be done, that imperfect understanding, O son of Prtha, is in
the mode of passion.
PURPORT Intelligence
in the mode of passion is always working perversely. It accepts religions
which are not actually religions and rejects actual religion. All views
and activities are misguided. Men of passionate intelligence understand
a great soul to be a common man and accept a common man as a great soul.
They think truth to be untruth and accept untruth as truth. In all activities
they simply take the wrong path; therefore their intelligence is in the
mode of passion.
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