BG - 18.19

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

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

• 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

Translation

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.

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