Thursday, September 15, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13/Verse 21

पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्‌क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् ।

कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ॥१३- २१॥


puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅ‌kte prakṛtijānguṇān ।


kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgo'sya sadasadyonijanmasu ॥13- 21॥


Indeed, the spirit, abiding in material nature, experiences the gunas, born of material nature. Of it [the spirit], clinging to the gunas is the cause when born in good and evil wombs. 



puruṣas (masculine, nominative, singular) = spirit 


prakṛtisthas (prakṛti + sthas) (masculine, nominative, singular) = abiding in material nature 


hi (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed 


bhuṅ‌kte (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it experiences  


prakṛtijān (masculine, accusative, plural) = born of material nature 


guṇān (masculine, accusative, plural) = gunas


kāraṇam (neuter, nominative, singular) = cause 


guṇasaṅgas (guṇa + saṅgas) (masculine, nominative, singular) = clinging to the gunas


asya (masculine, genitive, singular) = of it 


sadasadyonijanmasu (sat + asat + yoni + janmasu) (masculine, locative, plural) = when born in good and evil wombs  





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