Bhagavad Gita/bg.18.31

Verse 18.31

bg.18.31

Sanskrit

यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी।।18.31।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

yayā dharmam adharmaṁ cha kāryaṁ chākāryam eva cha ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

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).

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।18.31।।हे पार्थ ! मनुष्य जिसके द्वारा धर्म और अधर्मको, कर्तव्य और अकर्तव्यको भी ठीक तरहसे नहीं जानता, वह बुद्धि राजसी है।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

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

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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