Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 22
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 22

यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम्।
अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्।।18.22।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.22. That  [instrument-of-knowledge], because of which, one, not realising the whole, gets indulged, without  reason, in a particular activity, and which is unconcerned with the real nature of things and is insignificant - that is declared to be of the Tamas (Strand).


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18-20-22 Sarvabhutesu etc. upto samudahrtam.  In the classified ones : i.e.,  [classified] as gods, human beings, etc.  Considers as [really] different :  i.e., with the thought  Here on this depends my pleasure; here in that lies my displeasure.  Without reason :  To take recourse to wrath, desire etc., slavishly under the influence of ones own addiction and also without examining the cause, in named as a thing born of the Tamas (Strand).


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.22Yattu kritsnavadekasmin kaarye saktamahaitukam;
Atattwaarthavadalpam cha tattaamasamudaahritam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.22yat—which; tu—but; kṛitsna-vat—as if it encompasses the whole; ekasmin—in single; kārye—action; saktam—engrossed; ahaitukam—without a reason; atattva-artha-vat—not based on truth; alpam—fragmental; cha—and; tat—that; tāmasam—in the mode of ignorance; udāhṛitam—is said to be