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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 32

Liberation Through Surrender

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता।सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी

adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛitā sarvārthān viparītānśh cha buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.32 mean?

And that which, shrouded in Ignorance, thinks wrong to be right, and sees everything perversely, O Arjuna, that intellect is ruled by Darkness.

Word-by-word meaning

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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