Bhagavad Gita · Verse 13.19

Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga (क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोगः)

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि । विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ॥१९॥

prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva viddhyanādī ubhāvapi | vikārāṃśca guṇāṃścaiva viddhi prakṛtisambhavān ||19||

Complete Shloka Translation

Know both prakriti and purusha to be beginningless; know also that changes and the gunas arise from prakriti.

Narrative Context: Krishna introduces beginningless prakriti and purusha.

12 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
प्रकृति	prakṛti	nature
पुरुष	puruṣa	conscious principle
प्रकृतिं	prakṛtiṃ	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
पुरुषं	puruṣaṃ	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
चैव	caiva	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
विद्ध्यनादी	viddhyanādī	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
उभावपि	ubhāvapi	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
विकारांश्च	vikārāṃśca	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
गुणांश्चैव	guṇāṃścaiva	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
विद्धि	viddhi	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
प्रकृतिसम्भवान्	prakṛtisambhavān	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...
१९	prakṛtisambhavān	[term] in context of Know both prakriti and purusha...

प्रकृतिprakṛti

nature

पुरुषpuruṣa

conscious principle

प्रकृतिंprakṛtiṃ