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Bhagavad Gita 13.19

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।

prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api vikārānśh cha guṇānśh chaiva viddhi prakṛiti-sambhavān

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
prakṛitimprakṛitimmaterial nature
puruṣhampuruṣhamthe individual souls
chachaand
evaevaindeed
viddhividdhiknow
anādīanādībeginningless
ubhauubhauboth
apiapiand
vikārānvikārāntransformations (of the body)
chachaalso
guṇānguṇānthe three modes of nature
chachaand
evaevaindeed
viddhividdhiknow
prakṛitiprakṛitimaterial energy
sambhavānsambhavānproduced by

Know that Nature (matter) and the Spirit are both beginningless, and know also that all modifications and qualities are born from Nature.

प्रकृति और पुरुष इन दोनों को ही तुम अनादि जानो। और तुम यह भी जानो कि सभी विकार और गुण प्रकृति से ही उत्पन्न हुए हैं।।