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Bhagavad-gītā 18.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।
- अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥३१॥
- yayā dharmam adharmaṁ ca
- kāryaṁ cākāryam eva ca
- ayathāvat prajānāti
- buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
yayāby which — by which; dharmamthe principles of religion — the principles of religion; adharmamirreligion — irreligion; caand — and; kāryamwhat ought to be done — what ought to be done; caalso — also; akāryamwhat ought not to be done — what ought not to be done; evacertainly — certainly; caalso — also; ayathāimperfectly-vatimperfectly — imperfectly; prajānātiknows — knows; buddhiḥintelligence — intelligence; sāthat — that; pārthaO son of Pṛthā — O son of Pṛthā; rājasīin the mode of passion — in the mode of passion.
O son of Pṛthā, that understanding which cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, between action that should be done and action that should not be done, is in the mode of passion.