Sanskrit · Devanagari
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ताच त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः। प्रोच्यते गुणसङ्ख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
jñānaṃ karma ca kartāca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ procyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Knowledge and action and agent are declared in the enumeration of qualities (to be) of three classes only, according to the difference of qualities. Hear about these also as they really are.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.19।। --,ज्ञानं कर्म च? कर्म क्रिया? न कारकं पारिभाषिकम् ईप्सिततमं कर्म? कर्ता च निर्वर्तकः क्रियाणां त्रिधा एव? अवधारणं गुणव्यतिरिक्तजात्यन्तराभावप्रदर्शनार्थं गुणभेदतः सत्त्वादिभेदेन इत्यर्थः। प्रोच्यते कथ्यते गुणसंख्याने कापिले शास्त्रे तदपि गुणसंख्यानशास्त्रं गुणभोक्तृविषये प्रमाणमेव। परमार्थब्रह्मैकत्वविषये यद्यपि विरुध्यते? तथापि ते हि कापिलाः गुणगौणव्यापारनिरूपणे अभियुक्ताः इति तच्छास्त्रमपि वक्ष्यमाणार्थस्तुत्यर्थत्वेन उपादीयते इति न विरोधः। यथावत् यथान्यायं यथाशास्त्रं श्रृणु तान्यपि ज्ञानादीनि तद्भेदजातानि गुणभेदकृतानि श्रृणु? वक्ष्यमाणे अर्थे मनःसमाधिं कुरु इत्यर्थः।।ज्ञानस्य तु तावत् त्रिविधत्वम् उच्यते --,
4814d8dd65cf…Rāmānuja
18.19 The knowledge of action which ought to be done, the act to be performed, and the performer of the act are threefold, each of them being divided in accordance with Sattva etc., Listen about these, which are differentiated according to the Gunas.
ad90682bab47…Swami Sivananda
18.19 ज्ञानम् knowledge? कर्म action? च and? कर्ता actor? च and? त्रिधा of three kinds? एव only? गुणभेदतः according to the distinction of Gunas? प्रोच्यते are declared? गुणसंख्याने in the science of Gunas (Sankhya philosophy)? यथावत् duly? श्रृणु hear? तानि them? अपि also.Commentary The three alities overpower the whole of creation with their special nature and bring it entirely under their control. The nature of action? the actor and his knowledge are threefold according to the Gunas that is predominant. If all the three are Sattvic? then the action will not bind the man.Karta The doer of the actions.The science of the Gunas here referred to is Kapilas system of philosophy. Though the Sankhya system is opposed to Vedanta with reference to the Supreme Truth? viz.? the oneness or nonduality of Brahman? yet it is an authority on the science of the Gunas.I shall describe knowledge? action and actor? as also their various distinctions caused by different Gunas? scientifically and rationally. Hear My teachings? O Arjuna? with rapt attention. You will be immensely benefited.
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