अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता | सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी
adharmaṃ dharmamiti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā . sarvārthānviparītāṃśca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī
喔,波陀之子,那被黑暗籠罩,將阿達摩(Adharma)視為達摩(Dharma),並確實將所有事物都看作顛倒的智慧,是屬於惰性(Tamas)的。
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.
那將正義行為視為邪惡,將正確事物視為虛假,以顛倒的方式對待一切,將美德視為惡習,並將經典所宣稱的一切美好事物視為完全錯誤的智慧,是惰性(Tamasic)的。它以扭曲的眼光看待所有事物。因此,喔,阿周那,我已向你解釋了智慧的三個面向。現在請聽堅毅三個面向的解釋。
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.