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Bhagavad-gītā 18.21
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् ।
- वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥२१॥
- pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ
- nānā-bhāvān pṛthag-vidhān
- vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu
- taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam
pṛthaktvenabecause of division — because of division; tubut — but; yatwhich — which; jñānamknowledge — knowledge; nānāmultifarious situations-bhāvānmultifarious situations — multifarious situations; pṛthakdifferent-vidhāndifferent — different; vettiknows — knows; sarveṣuin all — in all; bhūteṣuliving entities — living entities; tatthat — that; jñānamknowledge — knowledge; viddhimust be known — must be known; rājasamin terms of passion — in terms of passion.
That knowledge by which one sees that in every different body there is a different type of living entity you should understand to be in the mode of passion.
The concept that the material body is the living entity and that with the destruction of the body the consciousness is also destroyed is called knowledge in the mode of passion. According to that knowledge, bodies differ from one another because of the development of different types of consciousness, otherwise there is no separate soul which manifests consciousness. The body is itself the soul, and there is no separate soul beyond the body. According to such knowledge, consciousness is temporary. Or else there are no individual souls, but there is an all-pervading soul, which is full of knowledge, and this body is a manifestation of temporary ignorance. Or beyond this body there is no special individual or supreme soul. All such conceptions are considered products of the mode of passion.