Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 20

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 20

    प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api vikārānśh cha guṇānśh chaiva viddhi prakṛiti-sambhavān

    Translation

    Know that both Prakṛti and the Self (Puruṣa) are without beginning; know that all modifications and the attributes are born from Prakṛti.
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