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Bhagavad Gita 7.13

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्। मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्।।

tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ param avyayam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tribhiḥtribhiḥby three
guṇa-mayaiḥguṇa-mayaiḥconsisting of the modes of material nature
bhāvaiḥbhāvaiḥstates
ebhiḥebhiḥall these
sarvamsarvamwhole
idamidamthis
jagatjagatuniverse
mohitammohitamdeluded
nananot
abhijānātiabhijānātiknow
māmmāmme
ebhyaḥebhyaḥthese
paramparamthe supreme
avyayamavyayamimperishable

Deluded by these Natures, composed of the three qualities of Nature, all this world does not know Me as distinct from them and immutable.

त्रिगुणों से उत्पन्न इन भावों (विकारों) से सम्पूर्ण जगत् (लोग) मोहित हुआ इन (गुणों) से परे अव्यय स्वरूप मुझे नहीं जानता है।।