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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
and
कर्ता
the doer/agent
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
कर्ता
त्रिधा
एव
गुणभेदतः
प्रोच्यते
गुणसंख्याने
यथावत्
शृणु
तानि
अपि

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