Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 18.29

buddher bhedam dhrites caiva

gunatas tri-vidham srinu

procyamanam aseshena

prithaktvena dhananjaya

SYNONYMS

buddheh -- of intelligence; bhedam -- the differences; dhriteh -- of steadiness; ca -- also; eva -- certainly; gunatah -- by the modes of material nature; tri-vidham -- of three kinds; srinu -- just hear; procyamanam -- as described by Me; aseshena -- in detail; prithaktvena -- differently; dhananjaya -- O winner of wealth.

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.

PURPORT

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.

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