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Bhagavad Gita 18.31

Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasa Yoga (Liberation Through Renunciation) · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥

yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca |ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī ||

Meaning of Gita 18.31 in English

A rajasic intellect misjudges right and wrong, and what should and should not be done; it sees these things in a mixed-up way.

गीता 18.31 का हिंदी अर्थ

राजसिक बुद्धि धर्म-अधर्म और करने-न-करने योग्य बातों को ठीक से नहीं समझ पाती; वह उलझी हुई और अधूरी समझ रखती है।

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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.