BG - 18.21

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।18.21।।

pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhān vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam

• pṛithaktvena - unconnected
• tu - however
• yat - which
• jñānam - knowledge
• nānā-bhāvān - manifold entities
• pṛithak-vidhān - of diversity
• vetti - consider
• sarveṣhu - in all
• bhūteṣhu - living entities
• tat - that
• jñānam - knowledge
• viddhi - know
• rājasam - in the mode of passion

Translation

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

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