Bhagavad Gita · 13.20
॥
Devanāgarī
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि ।
विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api |
vikārāṁś ca guṇāṁś caiva viddhi prakṛti-sambhavān ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
प्रकृतिम् पुरुषम्prakṛtim puruṣamprakṛti (material nature) and puruṣa (the living being).
च एवca evaand also.
विद्धिviddhiknow.
अनादीanādīas beginningless.
उभौ अपिubhāv apiboth of them.
विकारान् चvikārān caand [all] the transformations (vikāras).
गुणान् च एवguṇān ca evaand also the guṇas.
विद्धिviddhiknow.
प्रकृतिसम्भवान्prakṛti-sambhavānas born of prakṛti (material nature).
Translation
“Know that both material nature (prakṛti) and the living being (puruṣa) are beginningless. Know also that all the transformations and guṇas of material nature are born of prakṛti.”
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