Bhagavad Gita 13.22 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Clinging to nature’s ups and downs keeps us coming back.”
What it means
“Spirit, resting in nature, experiences nature's qualities. Attachment to those qualities is why it is born into good or difficult circumstances.”
The original Sanskrit
पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् । कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ॥
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijānguṇān kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgo.asya sadasadyonijanmasu
Translations
Literal translation
Since the soul is seated in Nature, therefore it experiences the qualities born of Nature. Contact with the qualities is the cause of its births in good and evil wombs.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
प्रकृति में स्थित पुरुष प्रकृति से उत्पन्न गुणों को भोगता है। इन गुणों का संग ही इस पुरुष (जीव) के शुभ और अशुभ योनियों में जन्म लेने का कारण है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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