Chapter 18, Verse 19
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः। प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि।।18.19।।
jñānaṃ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ। procyate guṇasaṃkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi।।18.19।।
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- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge
- कर्म
- action
- च
- and
- कर्ता
- the doer/agent
- च
- and
- त्रिधा
- threefold
- एव
- indeed/only
- गुणभेदतः
- according to the distinction of the gunas (qualities)
- प्रोच्यते
- is declared/spoken of
- गुणसंख्याने
- in the enumeration/philosophy of the gunas
- यथावत्
- properly/as it is
- शृणु
- hear (imperative)
- तानि
- those (things)
- अपि
- also
Commentary
19. Knowledge and action, and the agent? are said in the science of gunas to be of three kinds only, according to the distinction in gunas. Hear thou duly of them.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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ज्ञानम्
कर्म
च
कर्ता
च
त्रिधा
एव
गुणभेदतः
प्रोच्यते
गुणसंख्याने
यथावत्
शृणु
तानि
अपि
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