BG 18.31

यया धर्ममधर्मं च कार्यं चाकार्यमेव च ।
अयथावत्प्रजानाति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ राजसी ॥
yayā dharmam adharmaṁ ca kāryaṁ cākāryam eva ca
ayathāvat prajānāti buddhiḥ sā pārtha rājasī

Word-for-word meanings

pārtha — O son of Pṛthā;  sā — that;  buddhiḥ — intelligence;  yayā — by which;  prajānāti — one comprehends;  ayathā-vat — inaccurately;  dharmam — what is righteousness;  ca — and;  adharmam — what is unrighteousness;  kāryam ca — what ought to be done;  eva ca — and indeed;  akāryam — what is forbidden;  rājasī — [is] rājasika.

Translation

O Arjuna, that intelligence by which one comprehends inaccurately what is righteousness (dharma) and unrighteousness (adharma) and what ought to be done and what is forbidden, is rājasika.

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