Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 23

Gita 13.23

यः, एवम्, वेत्ति, पुरुषम्, प्रकृृतिम्, च, गुणैः, सह,
सर्वथा, वर्तमानः, अपि, न, सः, भूयः, अभिजायते।।23।।


Gita 13.23

YaH, evam’, vetti, purusham’, prkritim’, ch, gunaeH, sah,
Sarvtha, vartmaanH, api, na, saH, bhooyH, abhijaayte ||23||

Translation: (Evam’) in this way (Purusham’) SatPurush (ch) and (gunaeH) the gunas i.e. Rajgun-Brahma, Satgun-Vishnu and Tamgun-Shiv ji (sah) along with (prkritim’) Maya i.e. Durga (yaH) who (vetti) knows in essence (saH) he (sarvatha) in all respects (vartmaanH) in the present time, turns away from the way of bhakti opposite to the scriptures; which means, while performing scripture-based acts of bhakti in the present time (api) also (bhooyH) again (na) not (abhijaayte) is born. (23)

Translation: In this way, he who knows SatPurush and Maya i.e. Durga along with the gunas i.e. Rajgun-Brahma, Satgun-Vishnu and Tamgun-Shiv ji in essence, he in all respects turns away from the way of bhakti opposite to the scriptures in the present time i.e. while performing scripture-based acts of bhakti in the present time is not reborn.


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