Bhagavad Gita/bg.18.19

Verse 18.19

bg.18.19

Sanskrit

ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि।।18.19।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

jñānaṁ karma cha kartā cha tridhaiva guṇa-bhedataḥ prochyate guṇa-saṅkhyāne yathāvach chhṛiṇu tāny api

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

Knowledge, action, and actor are declared in the science of the Gunas (Sankhya philosophy) to be of three kinds only, according to the distinction of the Gunas. Of these, hear duly.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।18.19।।गुणसंख्यान (गुणोंके सम्बन्धसे प्रत्येक पदार्थके भिन्न-भिन्न भेदोंकी गणना करनेवाले) शास्त्रमें गुणोंके भेदसे ज्ञान और कर्म तथा कर्ता तीन-तीन प्रकारसे ही कहे जाते हैं, उनको भी तुम यथार्थरूपसे सुनो।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

jñānam—knowledge; karma—action; cha—and; kartā—doer; cha—also; tridhā—of three kinds; eva—certainly; guṇa-bhedataḥ—distinguished according to the three modes of material nature; prochyate—are declared; guṇa-saṅkhyāne—Sānkhya philosophy, which describes the modes of material nature; yathā-vat—as they are; śhṛiṇu—listen; tāni—them; api—also

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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