Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 31

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

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

Translation

That by which one wrongly understands dharma and adharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, that intellect, O Pārtha, is Rājasic.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yayā

by which

dharmam

right

adharmam

wrong

ca

and

kāryam

what should be done

ca

and

akāryam

what should not be done

eva

even

ca

and

ayathāvat

incorrectly

prajānāti

understands

buddhiḥ

reason

sā

that

pārtha

O Pārtha

rājasī

rājasic

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Dharma is what is ordained in the scriptures and adharma is what is prohibited in them. Wrongly: in opposition to what is determined by all authorities.