Verse-31
Chapter 18 — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
Verse 31
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
yayā dharmamadharmaṁ ch kāryaṁ cākāryameva ch
ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī
🕉 English Translation
Nahin janta jisseh dharm aur adharm,
Hai kya karne yogya na karne kya karma.
Arjun! Samajh aisee buddhi hai jo possess
Kehlati hai rajasi buddhi voh.
📜 Translation
English
O Parth! The human being by which intellect does not know what righteousness and unrighteousness is correctly and also does not know what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, that intellect is of rajasic nature.
The Lord in any case has bestowed the human being with the intellect. The matter is of its use by him. Worldly cravings, indulgence, attractions keep the embodied being confined and entangled till the impact on the intellect is also there. The intellect also gets enveloped by such cravings. It does get to know rightly nor is it able to decide correctly.
When the veil comes over the intellect then this is the situation. There is no correct distinction between righteousness and unrighteousness and also between what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. In this world there should be a predominant dependence on virtuousity, harmony, virtuous deeds, religious company, etc. and for good state in the next world, the earning following from the remembrance of the name of the Lord, worship and recitation of scriptures, meditation, etc. is righteousness. Meaning that such a routine by which this world and the world hereafter are bettered this is righteousness. Not to take note of anybody due to arrogance, to give trouble to others for one's own pleasure, evil company and the vices which are nourished and motivated by it-this is unrighteousness. The Intellect is there, but it is unable to make distinction between the right and the wrong, what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, is unable to recognize the same-such an intellect in the Gita has been termed by the Blessed Lord as rajasic.