Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 20
Chapter 18
Verse 21 of 78
Verse 22
Verse 18.21
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्। वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥18.21॥
18.21 pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṃ nānābhāvān pṛthagvidhān vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu taj jñānaṃ viddhi rājasam
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

But that knowledge (jñāna) which sees various distinct beings, As separate in all beings, know that knowledge to be of passion (rājasa).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Know passionate knowledge as that which regards various distinct existences separately in all creatures.

ZaehnerJesuit

(21) But that [kind of] knowledge which in all contingent beings discerns in separation all manner of modes of being, different and distinct,—this, you must know, is knowledge born of Passion.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

18.21 But know that knowledge to be originating from rajas which, amidst all things, apprehends the different entities of various kinds as distinct [As possessing distinct selves.].

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

18.21 But that knowledge which sees all beings, by reason of their individuality, as entities of distinct nature --- know that knowledge to be Rajasika.

SivanandaVedanta

18.21 But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as different from one another -- know thou that knowledge to be Rajasic.

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Verse 20
Chapter 18
Verse 21 of 78
Verse 22