Thursday, October 20, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 21

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् ।


वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥१८- २१॥

pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān ।

vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam ॥18- 21॥

But that knowledge which knows various beings of various kinds by different distinctions in all beings, is the knowledge which you must know as rajasic. 


pṛthaktvena (neuter, instrumental, singular) = by different distinctions 

tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but 

yad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = which 

jñānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = knowledge  

nānābhāvān (nānā + bhāvān) (masculine, accusative, plural) = various beings 

pṛthagvidhān (masculine, accusative, plural) = of various kinds 


vetti (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = it knows 

sarveṣu (masculine, locative, plural) = in all 

bhūteṣu (masculine, locative, plural) = in beings 

yad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = which 

jñānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = knowledge  

viddhi (imperative, 2nd person, singular) = you must know 

rājasam (neuter, accusative, singular) = rajasic 


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