Shloka 32

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

अधर्म धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसा5<वृता | सर्वार्थान्‌ विपरीतांश्व बुद्धि: सा पार्थ तामसी,हे अर्जुन! जो तमोगुणसे घिरी हुई बुद्धि अधर्मको भी “यह धर्म है” ऐसा मान लेती हैः तथा इसी प्रकार अन्य सम्पूर्ण पदार्थोकोी भी विपरीत मान लेती है,* वह बुद्धि तामसी है

Transliteration

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

Translation

That intellect which, being veiled by darkness (tamas), takes what is unrighteous to be righteous, and likewise misconstrues all things in a reversed way—such an intellect, O Pārtha, is called tāmasī (born of tamas).

Word by Word

अधर्मम्unrighteousness

धर्मम्righteousness

इतिthus (quotative)

याwhich (she/that)

मन्यतेthinks/considers

तमसाby darkness/ignorance

आवृताcovered/veiled

सर्वार्थान्all objects/aims (all matters)

विपरीतान्reversed/perverted

चand

बुद्धिःintellect/understanding

साthat (she/it)

पार्थO son of Pritha (Arjuna)

तामसीtamasic (born of darkness)

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes