Adharma in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to adharma, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 1.39Clear sight makes withdrawal from harm the only sane choice.
• 1.40Destroy the family, and the moral order inside it collapses.
• 1.41When order breaks, the damage spreads into future generations.
• 1.44Breaking family duty brings suffering that lasts beyond one lifetime.
• 4.7When dharma collapses, the divine steps into history.
• 4.8The divine returns whenever order must be restored.
• 16.8Cynical explanations of life can become a permission slip for harmful action.
• 16.12Desire and anger turn ambition into injustice.
• 16.21Three inner forces open the way to ruin; dropping them protects the self.
• 16.23Impulse cannot deliver what it promises.
• 18.31Restless intelligence cannot tell duty from harm.
• 18.32Darkness can make the wrong choice feel morally correct.