Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

    Verse 22

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 13, Verse 22

    पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु।।13.22।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu

    Translation

    (a) Indeed, the self seated in Prakrti experiences the Gunas born of Prakrti. (b) Its attachment to these Gunas is the cause of birth in good and evil wombs.
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