Learn·Chapter 18 · Liberation through renunciation·Verse 31 of 78
Bhagavad Gītā 18.31, word by word
BG 18.31
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी
yayā dharmam adharmaṁ cha kāryaṁ chākāryam eva cha ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
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In English
The intellect that does not understand what is right and wrong, and what should be done and not done, is under the sway of Passion.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
That by which one wrongly understands dharma and adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done—that intellect, O Arjuna, is rajasic (passionate).
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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