BG 18.32

अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता ।
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥
adharmaṁ dharmam iti yā manyate tamasāvṛtā
sarvārthān viparītāṁś ca buddhiḥ sā pārtha tāmasī

Word-for-word meanings

sā — that;  buddhiḥ — intelligence;  yā — which;  āvṛtā — being covered;  tamasā — by ignorance;  manyate — conceives;  adharmam — unrighteousness;  dharmam iti — as righteousness;  ca — and;  sarva-arthān — all things;  viparītān — as contrary [to their real nature];  tāmasī — is tāmasika;  pārtha — O son of Pṛthā.

Translation

That intelligence which, being covered by ignorance, conceives unrighteousness as righteousness and all things as contrary to their real nature, is tāmasika, O Arjuna.

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