Chapter 13: Nature & the Enjoyerक्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
13:20
“Know that both nature and the person are beginningless; and know that the modifications and the qualities arise from nature.”
Sanskrit
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि | विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ||
Transliteration
prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api vikārāṁś ca guṇāṁś caiva viddhi prakṛti-sambhavān
Commentary
Both prakṛti (nature) and puruṣa (consciousness) are eternal and beginningless. All transformations and the three gunas (qualities) are products of nature, not of the eternal conscious self.
Chapter 13
Nature & the Enjoyer