pá¹›thaktvena tu yaj jñÄnaá¹ nÄnÄ-bhÄvÄn-pá¹›thag-vidhÄn vetti sarveá¹£u bhÅ«teá¹£u taj jñÄnaá¹ viddhi rÄjasam [21]

yat jñÄnam–That knowledge by which; vetti–one experiences; sarveá¹£u–within all; bhÅ«teá¹£u–living beings; pá¹›thaktvena–separately; nÄnÄbhÄvÄn–many natures; pá¹›thak-vidhÄn–engaged in many pursuits; viddhi–know; tat jñÄnaá¹ tu–that knowledge; rÄjasam–to be of the nature of passion. [21]


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That knowledge in which one experiences in the plane of living beings many separate (independent) entities engaged in many separate (clashing) pursuits is to be known as knowledge of the nature of passion.

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