पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् | वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ||१८-२१||
pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān . vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam ||18-21||
Chapter 18 · Verse 21
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Knowledge which sees As knowledge cannot be an agent this should be interpreted to mean knowledge by which one sees. Entities Selves or souls. Different from one another Regarding them as different in different bodies.
Translation
18.21 But that knowledge which sees all beings, by reason of their individuality, as entities of distinct nature - know that knowledge to be Rajasika.
Meaning
Knowledge which sees As knowledge cannot be an agent this should be interpreted to mean knowledge by which one sees. Entities Selves or souls. Different from one another Regarding them as different in different bodies. The knowledge that is led by the idea of separateness is passionate. Enveloping as it does the manifold creation with the veil of separateness it deludes even the wise man. Owing to passionate knowledge beings appear to be separate and the perception of unity is also lost sight of. That knowledge which beholds multiplicity in created objects and differentiates them as being small or great according to their form and size is of passionate nature and tainted. A man with passionate knowledge sees diversity everywhere. He beholds the many only. Now I will explain to thee. O Arjuna knowledge that is of the ality of darkness in order that thou mayest avoid it.
Word by word
पृथक्त्वेन as different from one another तु but यत् which ज्ञानम् knowledge नानाभावान् various entities पृथग्विधान् of distinct kinds वेत्ति knows सर्वेषु (in) all भूतेषु in beings तत् that ज्ञानम् knowledge विद्धि know राजसम् Rajasic.