Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 13.20

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान्

prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api vikārānśh cha guṇānśh chaiva viddhi prakṛiti-sambhavān

Recitation · Text 13.20
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (16 words)

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Know that both nature and the person are beginningless; and know that the modifications and the guṇas are born of nature. Neither is derived from the other — the two are given equal antiquity.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Neither is derived from the other — both are given equal antiquity.