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TEXT 21

TEXT 21

Devanagari

Devanagari

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् ।
वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥ २१ ॥

Text

Tekst

pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ
nānā-bhāvān pṛthag-vidhān
vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu
taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam
pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ
nānā-bhāvān pṛthag-vidhān
vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu
taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam

Synonyms

Synonyms

pṛthaktvena — because of division; tu — but; yat — which; jñānam — knowledge; nānā-bhāvān — multifarious situations; pṛthak-vidhān — different; vetti — knows; sarveṣu — in all; bhūteṣu — living entities; tat — that; jñānam — knowledge; viddhi — must be known; rājasam — in terms of passion.

pṛthaktvena — på grund af opdeling; tu — men; yat — som; jñānam — viden; nānā-bhāvān — mangfoldige situationer; pṛthak-vidhān — forskellige; vetti — forstår; sarveṣu — i alle; bhūteṣu — levende væsener; tat — den; jñānam — viden; viddhi — forstå blot; rājasam — som udtryk for lidenskab.

Translation

Translation

That knowledge by which one sees that in every different body there is a different type of living entity you should understand to be in the mode of passion.

Den viden, gennem hvilken man ser, at der i alle de forskellige kroppe befinder sig forskellige slags levende væsener, bør du forstå som viden i lidenskabens kvalitet.

Purport

Purport

The concept that the material body is the living entity and that with the destruction of the body the consciousness is also destroyed is called knowledge in the mode of passion. According to that knowledge, bodies differ from one another because of the development of different types of consciousness, otherwise there is no separate soul which manifests consciousness. The body is itself the soul, and there is no separate soul beyond the body. According to such knowledge, consciousness is temporary. Or else there are no individual souls, but there is an all-pervading soul, which is full of knowledge, and this body is a manifestation of temporary ignorance. Or beyond this body there is no special individual or supreme soul. All such conceptions are considered products of the mode of passion.

FORKLARING: Ideen om, at den materielle krop er det levende væsen, og at bevidstheden ophører, når kroppen går til grunde, kaldes viden i lidenskabens kvalitet. Ifølge den viden er kroppe forskellige fra hinanden, fordi de har udviklet forskellige former for bevidsthed, men bortset fra det er der ingen særskilt sjæl, der manifesterer bevidsthed. Kroppen selv er sjælen, og der findes ingen sjæl separat fra kroppen. Ifølge den opfattelse er bevidstheden midlertidig, eller også er der ingen individuelle sjæle, men der er en altgennemtrængende sjæl, der er fuld af viden, mens kroppen er en manifestation af midlertidig uvidenhed. Eller ud over denne krop er der ingen adskilt sjæl eller højeste sjæl. Alle sådanne opfattelser anses for at være produkter af lidenskabens kvalitet.