Is intelligence covered by the mode of ignorance unintelligent?

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So can we say that when the intelligence is in the mode of ignorance then it is unintelligence Yes, actually just three verses before this 18.33 to 35 is determination in the three modes and 18.30 to 32 is intelligence in the three modes and there 18.32 Krishna says that 18.33 Krishna says that one who thinks that which is irreligious to be religious 18.33 Krishna says that a person is covered by the mode of ignorance thinks like this 18.33 Krishna says that and in this way, in everything that person thinks the opposite of the reality to be reality 18.33 Krishna says that buddhi sa partha tamasi that is intelligence in the mode of ignorance so actually at one time when the sages were trying to persuade Duryodhana, Duryodhana spoke that after great introspection I have found that I don’t find any fault in myself I have only done what was natural for me and he says, he even goes on to say, if you think that I am being wicked, then I am simply acting according to my nature the creator has made me in this way and therefore if any blame is to be ascribed, the blame should be ascribed to the creator not to me so this is all, yes we have a nature, but we have a lower nature and a higher nature, we are meant to develop our higher nature, not rationalize our lower nature, so here he was using his intelligence but he was using his intelligence to come to a conclusion opposite to the conclusion of dharma adharmam dharmam itiya so he was considering defiance of Krishna to be the natural activity for him so yes so that means there is we could say intelligence as a as a resource and intelligence as a function these are not the best words, what I am trying to say is there is intelligence which is a object not in a gross sense, it is a subtle thing intelligence is something which exists in all living beings so even, so if you consider the body has earth, water, fire, air, ether, so the body also so the subtle body has mind intelligence and ego so like that the the the all people have mind intelligence ego as a part of the subtle body, so in that sense everybody has intelligence but how that intelligence will express itself or how much that intelligence will express itself that is determined based on the covering of the moods, that is based on how contaminated they are, so there are there are today people who have written books about how alcoholism is so good for health or there are books people have written books which are like aggressive defenses of voices so there obviously for writing a book the person has intelligence but there is an author who has written a book about how watching pornography is a fundamental human right so now this is adharmam dharmam itiya obviously for writing a book and making arguments that is that is something which requires intelligence, but intelligence is used for destructive purposes, so when the intelligence is used to rationalize adharma and to try to portray it as adharma, then that is intelligence in the mode of ignorance, so yes when intelligence is covered by ignorance then it becomes unintelligent, so intelligence as a faculty as a thing inside a subtle body is always there, but what that thing will understand whether it will understand the right way or it will understand the opposite of the right way the completely wrong way that will depend on our consciousness the kind of mood that are influencing us