അധര്മം ധര്മമിതി യാ മന്യതേ തമസാവൃതാ സര്വ്വാര്ഥാന്വിപരീതാംശ്ച ബുദ്ധിഃ സാ പാര്ഥ താമസീ
adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
English Translation
O Parhta, that intellect is born of tamas which, being covered by darkness, considers vice as virtue, and verily perceives all things contrary ot what they are.
Explanation · English
That intellect which regards righteous acts as evil? and considers right things to be false? which treats everything in a contrary sense and looks upon virtues as if they were vices and takes everything that the scriptures declare to be good as being entirely wrong? is Tamasic. It views all things in a perverted light.Thus? O Arjuna? I have explained to thee the three aspects of the intellect. Now listen to the explanation of the characteristics of the three aspects of firmness.