Rajasic Intellect.
यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।
अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥ ३१ ॥
yayā dharmamadharmaṃ ca kāryaṃ cākāryameva ca .
ayathāvatprajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī .. 31 ..
That by which one wrongly understands dharma and a-dharma, and also what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, that intellect, O Pārtha, is Rajasic.
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Dharma is what is ordained in the scriptures and a-dharma is what is prohibited in them. What…done: the same that was mentioned already. (xviii. 30). † Wrongly: in opposition to what is determined by all (authorities).
Dharma and a-dharma here spoken of refer to the ‘apurva’ i.e., the forms which actions assume after their performance till their effects become perceptible; whereas karya and a-karya refer to the performance or the non-performance of the acts. Hence no tautology.—A.