ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ताच त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः | प्रोच्यते गुणसङ्ख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ||१८-१९||
jñānaṃ karma ca kartāca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥ . procyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi ||18-19||
Chapter 18 · Verse 19
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
The three alities overpower the whole of creation with their special nature and bring it entirely under their control. The nature of action the actor and his knowledge are threefold according to the Gunas that is predominant. If all the three are Sattvic then the action will not bind the man.
Translation
18.19 Knowledge, act and agent are declared in the science of Gunas to be of three kinds, according to the difference in the Gunas. Listen about them also as they are.
Meaning
The three alities overpower the whole of creation with their special nature and bring it entirely under their control. The nature of action the actor and his knowledge are threefold according to the Gunas that is predominant. If all the three are Sattvic then the action will not bind the man. Karta The doer of the actions. The science of the Gunas here referred to is Kapilas system of philosophy. Though the Sankhya system is opposed to Vedanta with reference to the Supreme Truth viz. the oneness or nonduality of Brahman yet it is an authority on the science of the Gunas. I shall describe knowledge action and actor as also their various distinctions caused by different Gunas scientifically and rationally. Hear My teachings. O Arjuna with rapt attention. You will be immensely benefited.
Word by word
ज्ञानम् knowledge कर्म action च and कर्ता actor च and त्रिधा of three kinds एव only गुणभेदतः according to the distinction of Gunas प्रोच्यते are declared गुणसंख्याने in the science of Gunas (Sankhya philosophy) यथावत् duly श्रृणु hear तानि them अपि also.