adharmaá¹ dharmam iti yÄ manyate tamasÄvá¹›tÄ sarvÄrthÄn viparÄ«tÄá¹Å› cha buddhiḥ sÄ pÄrtha tÄmasÄ« [32]

(he) pÄrtha–O PÄrtha; tÄmasÄ« buddhiḥ–intelligence of the nature of ignorance; Ävá¹›tÄ–covered; tamasÄ–by the mode of ignorance; sÄ yÄ–is that which; manyate–considers; adharmam–vice; dharmam–virtue; sarva-arthÄn cha–and all knowable objects; viparÄ«tÄn iti–contrary to what they are. [32]


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Intelligence of the nature of ignorance is covered by illusion, whereby vice is considered virtue, and everything is taken to be the opposite of the reality.

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