Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 22
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 13 श्लोक 22

पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।
कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु।।13.22।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
13.22. For, the Soul, seated on the Material Cause, enjoys the Strands born of the Material Cause;  His attachment to the Strands is the cause for his births in the good and evil wombs.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
13.22 See Comment under 13.23


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 13.22Purushah prakritistho hi bhungkte prakritijaan gunaan;
Kaaranam gunasango’sya sadasadyoni janmasu.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 13.22puruṣhaḥ—the individual soul; prakṛiti-sthaḥ—seated in the material energy; hi—indeed; bhuṅkte—desires to enjoy; prakṛiti-jān—produced by the material energy; guṇān—the three modes of nature; kāraṇam—the cause; guṇa-saṅgaḥ—the attachment (to three guṇas); asya—of its; sat-asat-yoni—in superior and inferior wombs; janmasu—of birth