Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 21

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 21

    पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।18.21।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    But that knowledge which sees all beings, due to their individual nature, as distinct entities—know that knowledge to be Rajasic.
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