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Moksha Sanyasa Yoga · Liberation through Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.20-22
Sanskrit
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते । अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि सात्त्विकम् ॥18.20॥पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् । वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥18.21॥यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्कार्ये सक्तमहैतुकम् । अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्तामसमुदाहृतम् ॥18.22॥
Transliteration
sarvabhūteṣu yenaikaṃ bhāvamavyayamīkṣate | avibhaktaṃ vibhakteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi sāttvikam ‖18.20‖ pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān | vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam ‖18.21‖ yattu kṛtsnavadekasminkārye saktamahaitukam | atattvārthavadalpaṃ ca tattāmasamudāhṛtam ‖18.22‖
Meaning
“That knowledge by which one sees the one imperishable Being in all beings, undivided in the divided, know that knowledge to be sattvic. But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as separate, know that knowledge to be rajasic. And that which clings to one single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without grasp of truth, and trivial, that is declared tamasic.”
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Theme: Liberation through Renunciation
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