Chapter 13, Verse 19
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि। विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।
prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi. vikārāṃśca guṇāṃścaiva viddhi prakṛtisaṃbhavān.13.20.
Word by word
- प्रकृतिम्
- material nature (accusative)
- पुरुषम्
- the soul/spirit, the enjoyer (accusative)
- च एव
- and indeed, and also
- विद्धि
- know! (imperative, 2nd person singular)
- अनादी
- both beginningless (dual accusative, agreeing with prakṛti and puruṣa)
- उभौ अपि
- both indeed, both of them
- विकारान् च
- and the modifications/transformations (accusative plural)
- गुणान् च एव
- and the qualities/gunas indeed (accusative plural)
- विद्धि
- know! (imperative, 2nd person singular)
- प्रकृतिसंभवान्
- as arising/born from material nature (accusative plural)
Commentary
19. Know thou that Praknti as well as Purusha are both beginningless ; and know thou also that all forms and qualities are born of Praknti.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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