Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
TEXT 32
adharmam dharmam iti ya
manyate tamasavrta
sarvarthan viparitams ca
buddhih sa partha tamasi
SYNONYMS
adharmam--irreligion;
dharmam--religion; iti--thus; ya--which; manyate--thinks;
tamasa--by illusion; avrta--covered; sarva-arthan--all
things; viparitan--the wrong direction; ca--also; buddhih--intelligence;
sa--that; partha--O son of Prtha; tamasi--the mode
of ignorance.
TRANSLATION
That understanding
which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion,
under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong
direction, O Partha, is in the mode of ignorance.
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