Chapter 18 Verse 31 of 78

| | यया धर्मम् अधर्मम्́ च | कार्यम्́ चाकार्यम् ऎव च | अयथावत् प्रजानाति | बुढिः सा पार्थ राजसी | |

• yayā dharmam adharmaḿ ca
• kāryaḿ cākāryam eva ca
• ayathāvat prajānāti
• buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, that understanding which cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, between action that should be done and action that should not be done, is in the mode of passion.

Synonyms

• yayā

  by which

• dharmam

  the principles of religion

• adharmam

  irreligion

• ca

  and

• kāryam

  what ought to be done

• ca

  also

• akāryam

  what ought not to be done

• eva

  certainly

• ca

  also

• vat

  imperfectly

• prajānāti

  knows

• buddhiḥ

  intelligence

• sā

  that

• pārtha

  O son of Prtha

• rājasī

  in the mode of passion.

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