adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā
manyate tamasāvṛtā
sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca
buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
manyate tamasāvṛtā
sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca
buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
Synonyms
adharmam-irreligion; dharmam-religion; iti-thus; yā-which; manyate-thinks; tamasā-by illusion; āvṛtā-covered; sarva-arthān-all things; viparītān-the wrong direction; ca-also; buddhiḥ-intelligence; sa-that; pārtha-O son of Pṛthā; tāmasī-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 Pārtha, is in the mode of ignorance.