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अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता ।
सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥ ३२ ॥

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, O Partha, is in the mode of ignorance.

adharmam dharmam iti ya

manyate tamasavrta

sarvarthan viparitams ca

buddhih sa partha tamasi

adharmam-irreligion; dharmam-religion; iti-thus; ya-which; manyate-thinks; tamasa-by illusion; avrta-covered; sarva-arthan-all things; viparitan-the wrong direction; ca-also; buddhih-intelligence; sa-that; partha-O son of Prtha; tamasi-the mode of ignorance.