Bhagavad Gita · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13, Shloka 19 (13.19)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि
विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान्
॥ 13.19 ॥
prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi
vikārāṃśca guṇāṃścaiva viddhi prakṛtisambhavān
Translation
"Know that prakriti and purusha are both beginningless; and know that the modifications and the gunas arise from prakriti."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. īśvarasya prakṛtī tau prakṛtipuruṣau ubhāv api anādī viddhi — both are the two prakritis of Ishvara, beginningless; nityeśvaratvāt īśvarasya tatprakṛtyor api yuktaṃ nityatvena bhavitum — since Ishvara is eternal, His prakritis are too; prakṛtidvayavattvam eva hi īśvarasya īśvaratvam — having two prakritis is itself the lordship of Ishvara.
Acharya Ramanuja. prakṛtipuruṣau ubhau anyonyasaṃsṛṣṭau anādī iti viddhi — both, joined with each other, are beginningless; bandhahetubhūtān vikārān icchādveṣādīn amānitvādikān ca guṇān mokṣahetubhūtān prakṛtisaṃbhavān viddhi — the modifications like desire and aversion that cause bondage, and the qualities like humility that cause liberation — both come from prakriti.
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