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Aligning Consciousness

Ch 18Verse 32
Adhyāya 18 Shloka 32

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता | सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी || ३२ ||

adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā | sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī || 32 ||

"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."

Historical Context

The Direct Meaning

Tamasic intelligence (tāmasī buddhiḥ) is completely inverted. Enveloped in darkness and illusion (tamasāvṛtā), it takes irreligion to be religion (adharmaṁ dharmam iti), and views every single thing entirely backward (sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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