18.31 यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी
yayā dharmam
Word meanings
yayā—by which;dharmam—righteousness;adharmam—unrighteousness;cha—and;kāryam—right conduct;cha—and;akāryam—wrong conduct;eva—certainly;cha—and;ayathā-vat—confused;prajānāti—distinguish;buddhiḥ—intellect;sā—that;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;rājasī—in the mode of passion
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The intellect, by means of which one decides incorrectly between the righteous and the unrighteous, and what is a proper action and an improper one—that intellect is of the Rajas, O son of Prtha!
The intellect which does not understand what is right and what is wrong, and what should be done and what not, is under the sway of Passion.
The Buddhi which gives an erroneous knowledge of Dharma and Adharma (its opposite) and also of what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, O Arjuna, is Rajasika.
O Partha, that intellect is born of rajas with which one wrongly understands virtue and vice as also what ought to be done and ought not to be done.
That by which one incorrectly understands Dharma and Adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done–that intellect, O Arjuna, is Rajasic!
18.33 धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः।योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी
dhṛtyā yayā dhārayate manaḥ
Word meanings
dhṛityā—by determining;yayā—which;dhārayate—sustains;manaḥ—of the mind;prāṇa—life-airs;indriya—senses;kriyāḥ—activities;yogena—through Yog;avyabhichāriṇyā—with steadfastness;dhṛitiḥ—determination;sā—that;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;sāttvikī—in the mode of goodness
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The unfailing content, by which one restrains, through Yoga, the activities of the mind, the living breath, and the senses, is considered to be of the Sattva (strand).
The conviction and steady concentration by which the mind, the vitality and the senses are controlled - O Arjuna! They are the product of Purity.
That Dhrti (fortitude or persisting perseverance) by which one maintains the unswerving activities of the mind and vital force and these sense-organs through Yoga - that Dhrti is of the nature of Sattva.
O Partha, the firmness that is unfailing through concentration, with which one restrains the functions of the mind, vital forces and the organs, that firmness is born of sattva.
The unwavering firmness by which, through Yoga, the functions of the mind, the life-force and the senses are restrained–that firmness, O Arjuna, is Sattwic!
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.32 अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी
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Word meanings
adharmam—irreligion;dharmam—religion;iti—thus;yā—which;manyate—imagines;tamasa-āvṛitā—shrouded in darkness;sarva-arthān—all things;viparītān—opposite;cha—and;buddhiḥ—intellect;sā—that;pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha;tāmasī—of the nature of ignorance
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The intellect which, containing darkness (ignorance), conceives the unrighteous one as righteous and all things topsy-turvy—that intellect is deemed to be of the Tamas (Strand).
And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness.
That Buddhi, O Arjuna, which, enveloped in darkness, regards Adharma as Dharma and which reverses every value, is Tamasika.
O Parhta, that intellect is born of tamas which, being covered by darkness, considers vice as virtue, and verily perceives all things contrary ot what they are.
That which, enveloped in darkness, views Adharma as Dharma and all things perverted–that intellect, O Arjuna, is called Tamasic!
