Sanskrit · Devanagari
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्। वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Know that knowledge to be passionate which is (based) on distinctions (between different entities) which sees in all things various entities of different kinds. And that is described as dark
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.21।। --,पृथक्त्वेन तु भेदेन प्रतिशरीरम् अन्यत्वेन यत् ज्ञानं नानाभावान् भिन्नान् आत्मनः पृथग्विधान् पृथक्प्रकारान् भिन्नलक्षणान् इत्यर्थः? वेत्ति विजानाति यत् ज्ञानं सर्वेषु भूतेषु? ज्ञानस्य कर्तृत्वासंभवात् येन ज्ञानेन वेत्ति इत्यर्थः? तत् ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसं रजोगुणनिर्वृत्तम्।।
3b39fe687c6f…Rāmānuja
18.21 Whatever knowledge perceives in Brahmana etc., at the time of work, the entity known as the Atman as of diverse nature because the bodies of those beings are tall or fair and are fit to attain the fruits of work - know that knowledge to be Rajasika. The point is this: It is not a condemnation of the plurality of Atman. The Atman, though distinct, is uniform everywhere. The bodily attributes do not affect it. The knowledge lacking this understanding is stigmatised as Rajasa.
fef77e01469e…Swami Sivananda
18.21 पृथक्त्वेन as different from one another? तु but? यत् which? ज्ञानम् knowledge? नानाभावान् various entities? पृथग्विधान् of distinct kinds? वेत्ति knows? सर्वेषु (in) all? भूतेषु in beings? तत् that? ज्ञानम् knowledge? विद्धि know? राजसम् Rajasic.Commentary Knowledge which sees As knowledge cannot be an agent? this should be interpreted to mean knowledge by which one sees.Entities Selves or souls.Different from one another Regarding them as different in different bodies.The knowledge that is led by the idea of separateness is passionate. Enveloping as it does the manifold creation with the veil of separateness? it deludes even the wise man. Owing to passionate knowledge? beings appear to be separate and the perception of unity is also lost sight of. That knowledge which beholds multiplicity in created objects and differentiates them as being small or great? according to their form and size? is of passionate nature and tainted. A man with passionate knowledge sees diversity everywhere. He beholds the many only.Now I will explain to thee? O Arjuna? knowledge that is of the ality of darkness? in order that thou mayest avoid it.
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