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Bhagavad Gita · 18.21 · Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender·21 of 78

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्

pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān

pṛithag-vidhān vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam

Sanskrit recitation

What makes an action · 18.13–18.28 · Teaching

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.

Meaning

Knowledge which sees As knowledge cannot be an agent, this should be interpreted to mean knowledge by which one sees.Entities Selves or souls.Different from one another Regarding them as different in different bodies.The knowledge that is led by the idea of separateness is passionate. Enveloping as it does the manifold creation with the veil of separateness, it deludes even the wise man. Owing to passionate knowledge, beings appear to be separate and the perception of unity is also lost sight of. That knowledge which beholds multiplicity in created objects and differentiates them as being small or great, according to their form and size, is of passionate nature and tainted. A man with passionate knowledge sees diversity everywhere. He beholds the many only.Now I will explain to thee, O Arjuna, knowledge that is of the quality of darkness, in order that thou mayest avoid it.

After Swami Sivananda

What makes an action· 18.13–18.28

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

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

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