Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 21

Contents

• 1 पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् |
• 2 वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ||
• 3 भावार्थ:
• 4 Translation

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् |

वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ||

pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhān
vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam

भावार्थ:

किन्तु जो ज्ञान अर्थात जिस ज्ञान के द्वारा मनुष्य सम्पूर्ण भूतों में भिन्न-भिन्न प्रकार के नाना भावों को अलग-अलग जानता है, उस ज्ञान को तू राजस जान॥21॥

Translation

That knowledge is to be considered in the mode of passion by which one sees the manifold living entities in diverse bodies as individual and unconnected.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya’s Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

18.21 Tu, but; viddhi, know; tat, that; jnanam, knowledge; to be rajasam, originating from rajas; yat, which; sarvesu bhutesu, amidst all things; vetti, apprehends-since knowledge cannot be an agent of hends-since knowledge cannot be an agent of action, therefore the meaning implied is, ‘that, knowledge৷৷.through which one apprehends৷৷.’-; nana-bhavan, the different entities; prthagvidhan, of various kinds, i.e., those possessing diverse characteristics and different from oneself; prthakrvena, as distinct, as separate in each body.

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