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Bhagavad Gita 18.21

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।

pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhān vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
pṛithaktvenapṛithaktvenaunconnected
tutuhowever
yatyatwhich
jñānamjñānamknowledge
nānā-bhāvānnānā-bhāvānmanifold entities
pṛithak-vidhānpṛithak-vidhānof diversity
vettivetticonsider
sarveṣhusarveṣhuin all
bhūteṣhubhūteṣhuliving entities
tattatthat
jñānamjñānamknowledge
viddhividdhiknow
rājasamrājasamin the mode of passion

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.

जिस ज्ञान के द्वारा मनुष्य समस्त भूतों में नाना भावों को पृथक्-पृथक् जानता है, उस ज्ञान को तुम राजस जानो।।