Chapter 13, Verse 21
पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्। कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु।।13.22।।
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijān guṇān। kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgo'sya sadasadyonijanmasu।।13.22।।
Word by word
- पुरुषः
- the soul/person (nominative singular)
- प्रकृतिस्थः
- situated in / dwelling within material nature (prakṛti)
- हि
- indeed, certainly
- भुङ्क्ते
- enjoys, experiences
- प्रकृतिजान्
- born of/produced by prakṛti (material nature)
- गुणान्
- the guṇas, qualities (sattva, rajas, tamas)
- कारणं
- the cause
- गुणसङ्गः
- attachment/contact with the guṇas
- अस्य
- of him, his
- सद्-असद्-योनि-जन्मसु
- in births into good and bad (high and low) wombs
Commentary
21. Purusha, when seated in Prakriti, expe- riences the qualities born of Prakfiti. Attachment to the qualities is the cause of his birth in good and evil wombs.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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पुरुषः
प्रकृतिस्थः
हि
भुङ्क्ते
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गुणान्
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