
buddher bhedam dhrtes chaiva
gunatas tri-vidham shrinu। procyamanam asesena prithaktvena dhananjaya॥ 18.29 ॥ |
Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, now please listen as I tell you in detail of the different kinds of understanding and determination, according to the three modes of material nature.
pravrttim cha nivrttim cha
karyakarye bhayabhaye। bandham moksham cha ya vetti buddhih sa partha sattviki॥ 18.30 ॥ |
Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, that understanding by which one knows what ought to be done and what ought not to be done, what is to be feared and what is not to be feared, what is binding and what is liberating, is in the mode of goodness.
yaya dharmam adharmam cha
karyam chakaryam eva cha। ayathavat prajanati buddhih sa partha rajasi॥ 18.31 ॥ |
Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, that understanding which cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, between action that should be done and action that should not be done, is in the mode of passion.
adharmam dharmam iti ya
manyate tamasavrta। sarvarthan viparitams cha buddhih sa partha tamasi॥ 18.32 ॥ |
Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, That understanding which considers irreligion to be religion and religion to be irreligion, under the spell of illusion and darkness, and strives always in the wrong direction, is in the mode of ignorance.