Bhagavad Gita 18.31 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Muddled understanding mixes up right and wrong.”
What it means
“Understanding that confuses right and wrong, and what should and shouldn't be done, is restless.”
The original Sanskrit
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च । अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥
yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
Translations
Literal translation
O Partha, that intellect is born of rajas with which one wrongly understands virtue and vice as also what ought to be done and ought not to be done.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
हे पार्थ ! जिस बुद्धि के द्वारा मनुष्य धर्म और अधर्म को तथा कर्तव्य और अकर्तव्य को यथावत् नहीं जानता है, वह बुद्धि राजसी है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 18.32“Understanding wrapped in darkness, which takes wrong for right and sees everything backwards, is dull.”