अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता | सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी
adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā . sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
Ô Pārtha, cet intellect est de nature tamasique, celui qui, enveloppé par l'obscurité, considère l'adharma comme le dharma, et perçoit toutes choses de manière inversée.
O Parhta, that intellect is born of tamas which, being covered by darkness, considers vice as virtue, and verily perceives all things contrary ot what they are.
L'intellect tamasique est profondément obscurci par l'ignorance. Il inverse complètement les valeurs, prenant le vice pour la vertu et le mal pour le bien. Il perçoit la réalité de manière totalement déformée, incapable de discernement juste.
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.