Adharma in the Bhagavad Gita
Verses across the Gita that speak to adharma, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.
- 1.39Ch. 1
Clear sight makes withdrawal from harm the only sane choice.
Seeing the damage clearly makes hesitation feel responsible, not weak.
- 1.40Ch. 1
Destroy the family, and the moral order inside it collapses.
A broken structure does not stay neutral for long; it quickly trains people toward harm.
- 1.41Ch. 1
When order breaks, the damage spreads into future generations.
Moral collapse feels frightening because it spreads beyond one person and damages the whole community.
- 1.44Ch. 1
Breaking family duty brings suffering that lasts beyond one lifetime.
The fear is not abstract anymore. He feels the cost of war reaching into the family line.
- 4.7Ch. 4
When dharma collapses, the divine steps into history.
Even in chaos, the world is not abandoned. Help arrives when the balance is most strained.
- 4.8Ch. 4
The divine returns whenever order must be restored.
There is comfort in knowing order is not abandoned. What is worth protecting is protected.
- 16.8Ch. 16
Cynical explanations of life can become a permission slip for harmful action.
A shallow explanation can feel confident and still miss what is most real.
- 16.12Ch. 16
Desire and anger turn ambition into injustice.
You can see how craving multiplies itself until fairness no longer matters.
- 16.21Ch. 16
Three inner forces open the way to ruin; dropping them protects the self.
You do not have to obey every impulse. Freedom begins when you stop feeding the forces that trap you.
- 16.23Ch. 16
Impulse cannot deliver what it promises.
Freedom without guidance is not freedom at all; it can quietly close every real door.
- 18.31Ch. 18
Restless intelligence cannot tell duty from harm.
Clarity is not just intelligence; it is the ability to see what truly matters.
- 18.32Ch. 18
Darkness can make the wrong choice feel morally correct.
It warns you that confusion can feel convincing, so you must question your own certainty.