BG - 18.31

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

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

• 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

Translation

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).

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