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Chapter 12.187 - Verse 14

Sanskrit Text

पुरुषे चेन्द्रियाणीह वेदितव्यानि कृत्स्नशः तमो रजश्च सत्त्वं विद्धि भावांस्तदाश्रयान्

English Translation

All men should know fully the senses, the mind and the understanding. The three universal tendencies qualities called Goodness, Darkness and Ignorance, exist, dependent on the senses, the mind, and the understanding.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

पुरुषे | च + इन्द्रिय + इह | वेदितव्यानि | कृत्स्नशः
तमो | रजस् + च | सत्त्वं | च | विद्धि | जीव + गुण | इमान्