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Bhagavad Gita
The Song of God

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 21

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् |
वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् || 21||

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

pṛithaktvenaunconnected; tuhowever; yatwhich; jñānamknowledge; nānā-bhāvānmanifold entities; pṛithak-vidhānof diversity; vetticonsider; sarveṣhuin all; bhūteṣhuliving entities; tatthat; jñānamknowledge; viddhiknow; rājasamin the mode of passion

Translation

BG 18.21: That knowledge is to be considered in the mode of passion by which one sees manifold living entities in diverse bodies as individual and unconnected.

Commentary

Shree Krishna now explains rājasic knowledge. That knowledge is said to be in the mode of passion where the world is not seen in its connection with God, and thus the living beings are perceived in their plurality, with distinctions of race, class, creed, sect, nationality, etc. Such knowledge divides the one human society along innumerable lines. When knowledge unites, it is in the mode of goodness, and when knowledge divides, it is in the mode of passion.

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