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THE BHAGAVAD-GITA.
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च । अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥ ३१ ॥

That by which one understandeth away Right and Wrong[1] and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, that Reason,[2] O Pârtha, is passionate. (31)

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसा वृता । सर्वार्थान् विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥ ३२ ॥

That which, enwrapped in darkness, thinketh wrong[3] to be right[4] and seeth all things subverted, that Reason[2], O Pârtha, is of darkness. 32)

धृत्या यया धारयते मनःप्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः । योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ ३३ ॥

The unwavering firmness by which, through Yoga, one restraineth the activity of the mind[5],


  1. Dharma and Adharma, Right and Wrong in the widest sense, law and lawlessness.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Buddhi.
  3. Adharma.
  4. Dharma.
  5. Manah.