Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 21
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 18 श्लोक 21

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।
वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्।।18.21।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
18.21 But know that knowledge to be originating from rajas which, amidst all things, apprehends the different entities of various kinds as distinct [As possessing distinct selves.].


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
18.21 But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as different from one another  know thou that knowledge to be Rajasic.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
18.21. That instrument-of-knowledge, by means of which one considers the varied natures of different sorts in all beings as [really] different-that is regarded to be of the Rajas (Strand).


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 18.21Prithaktwena tu yajjnaanam naanaabhaavaan prithagvidhaan;
Vetti sarveshu bhooteshu tajjnaanam viddhi raajasam.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 18.21pṛithaktvena—unconnected; tu—however; yat—which; jñānam—knowledge; nānā-bhāvān—manifold entities; pṛithak-vidhān—of diversity; vetti—consider; sarveṣhu—in all; bhūteṣhu—living entities; tat—that; jñānam—knowledge; viddhi—know; rājasam—in the mode of passion