Chapter 13 · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga - The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the FieldKrishna
Verse 22
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 13, श्लोक 22
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।
कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु॥२२॥
Transliteration
Purushah Prakriti-Stho Hi Bhunkte Prakriti-Jan-Gunan.
Karanam Guna-Sango'sya Sad-Asad-Yoni-Janmasu.
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
पुरुषःpurushahthe conscious being
प्रकृतिस्थःprakriti-sthahseated in nature
भुङ्क्तेbhunkteexperiences
प्रकृतिजान्prakriti-janborn of nature
गुणान्gunanthe qualities
कारणम्karanamthe cause
गुणसङ्गःguna-sangahattachment to qualities
सदसद्योनिsad-asad-yoniin good and evil wombs
जन्मसुjanmasuin births
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
प्रकृति में स्थित पुरुष प्रकृति से उत्पन्न गुणों का भोग करता है। इन गुणों का संग ही इसके अच्छी और बुरी योनियों में जन्म का कारण है।
English Translation
The Purusha, seated in Prakriti, experiences the qualities born of Prakriti. Attachment to these qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs.
Commentary (टीका)
The soul, though pure and eternal, becomes entangled in worldly experience by identifying with the body and its qualities. This attachment to the Gunas determines the quality of future births — association with Sattva leads to higher births, Rajas to middle, and Tamas to lower births. Liberation comes from breaking this attachment through discrimination.