अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता | सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ||१८-३२||
adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā . sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī ||18-32||
Chapter 18 · Verse 32
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
That intellect which regards righteous acts as evil and considers right things to be false which treats everything in a contrary sense and looks upon virtues as if they were vices and takes everything that the scriptures declare to be good as being entirely wrong is Tamasic. It views all things in a perverted light. Thus.
Translation
18.32 That Buddhi, O Arjuna, which, enveloped in darkness, regards Adharma as Dharma and which reverses every value, is Tamasika.
Meaning
That intellect which regards righteous acts as evil and considers right things to be false which treats everything in a contrary sense and looks upon virtues as if they were vices and takes everything that the scriptures declare to be good as being entirely wrong is Tamasic. It views all things in a perverted light. Thus. O Arjuna. I have explained to thee the three aspects of the intellect. Now listen to the explanation of the characteristics of the three aspects of firmness.
Word by word
अधर्मम् Adharma धर्मम् Dharma इति thus या which मन्यते thinks तमसा by darkness आवृता enveloped सर्वार्थान् all things विपरीतान् perverted च and बुद्धिः intellect सा that पार्थ O Partha तामसी Tamasic (dark).