SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n
Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 31<\/a><\/p>\n adharmam dharmam ithi yA manyathE thamasA’vruthA |<\/em> pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! Oh son of kunthI! That knowledge which is covered with thamO guNam, which confuses adharmam to be dharmam and which understands all things (which are already present and to be acquired) contrarily, is caused by thamO guNam.<\/p>\n ‘That is T\u0101masa-Reason, P\u0101rtha! which enwrapped in gloom, understands all things pervertedly: Adharma as Dharma (etc).’<\/span><\/p>\n As for the T\u0101masa-Reason, enveloped as it is in Tamas, it perceives all things contrariwise, such as mistaking Adharma (wrong) for Dharma (right); Dharma for Adharma or a fact for a figment; a fancy for a fact; a superior ideal for a base<\/a> one; a base<\/a> one for a superior ideal; and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 33<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 31 SlOkam \u2013 Original adharmam dharmam ithi yA manyathE thamasA’vruthA | sarvArthAn viparIthAmS cha budhdhi: sA pArtha thAmasI || word-by-word meaning pArtha – Oh son of kunthI! yA – that knowledge thamasA AvruthA – covered with thamO guNam adharmam … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-18","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16800,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6896\/revisions\/16800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n sarvArthAn viparIthAmS cha budhdhi: sA pArtha thAmasI ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning<\/h3>\n
\nyA – that knowledge
\nthamasA AvruthA – covered with thamO guNam
\nadharmam dharmam ithi manyathE – confusing adharmam to be dharmam
\nsarvArthAn – all things (which are already present and to be acquired)
\nviparIthAn cha (manyathE) – understanding contrarily
\nsA budhdhi: – that knowledge
\nthAmasI – is caused by thamO guNam<\/p>\nSimple Translation<\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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