Gita Verse 18.21

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 21

Sanskrit Verse

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

Transliteration

pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhān

vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam

Word meanings

pṛithaktvena—unconnected; tu—however; yat—which; jñānam—knowledge; nānā-bhāvān—manifold entities; pṛithak-vidhān—of diversity; vetti—consider; sarveṣhu—in all; bhūteṣhu—living entities; tat—that; jñānam—knowledge; viddhi—know; rājasam—in the mode of passion

Swami Sivananda's translation

But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as being distinct from one another, know thou that knowledge to be Rajasic.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18

Related Gunas: Rajas