Bhagavad Gita 18.21 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“A lesser way: seeing everyone as totally separate.”
What it means
“Knowledge that sees beings only as separate and different from one another is restless knowledge.”
The original Sanskrit
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् । वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥
pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam
Translations
Literal translation
But know that knowledge to be originating from rajas which, amidst all things, apprehends the different entities of various kinds as distinct.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जिस ज्ञान के द्वारा मनुष्य समस्त भूतों में नाना भावों को पृथक्-पृथक् जानता है, उस ज्ञान को तुम राजस जानो।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 18.22“Knowledge that fixes on one small thing as if it were everything, without reason or real understanding, is dull knowledge.”