अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता ।
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥३२॥
Text
adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā
manyate tamasāvṛtā
sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca
buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
Synonyms
adharmam—irreligion; dharmam—religion; iti—thus; ya—which; manyate—thinks; tamasa—by illusion; avrta—covered; sarva-arthān—all things; viparītān—the wrong direction; ca—also; buddhih—intelligence; sa—that; pārtha—O son of Pṛthā; 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 Pārtha, is in the mode of ignorance. ¶