Sanskrit
इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत । सर्वभूतानि सम्मोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप ॥ २७ ॥
icchādveṣasamutthena dvandvamohena bhārata sarvabhūtāni sammohaṃ sarge yānti parantapa
Translation
By the delusion of the pairs of opposites, sprung from attraction and repulsion, O Bhârata, all beings walk this universe wholly deluded, O Parantapa.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The chapter’s account of ordinary human delusion, traced to a specific mechanism: attraction and repulsion (icchā-dveṣa) generating the “pairs of opposites” (dvandva) that confuse beings “at birth” (sarge) — built in from the start, not acquired later. This sets up the exception verse 28 immediately names.