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Bhagavad Gita 18.29

By Bhagavan Sri Krishna | Published 08/18/2005
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Text 29

buddher bhedam dhrtes caiva
gunatas tri-vidham shrinu
procyamanam asesena
prithaktvena dhananjaya

Translation

O winner of wealth, now please listen as I tell you in detail of the different kinds of understanding and determination, according to the three modes of material nature.

Commentary by Srila Prabhupada

Now after explaining knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower, in three different divisions according to the modes of material nature, the Lord is explaining the intelligence and determination of the worker in the same way.

Commentary by Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur

In order to show that the jnanls should only accept sattvika items, the Lord now speaks of three types of intelligence and other items.

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