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Chapter 12.339 - Verse 17

Sanskrit Text

द्रष्टा द्रष्टव्यं श्राविता श्रावणीयं; ज्ञाता ज्ञेयं सगुणं निर्गुणं यद्वै प्रोक्तं गुणसाम्यं प्रधानं; नित्यं चैतच्छाश्वतं चाव्ययं

English Translation

He is the agent that sees and the object that is seen. He is the hearer and the object that is heard. He is the conceiver and the object conceived. He is possessed of qualities and is free from them. He is that, O son, which is named Pradhana (Nature), enduring, eternal, and immutable.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

द्रष्टा | द्रष्टव्यं | श्राविता | श्रावणीयं | ज्ञाता | ज्ञेयं | स + गुण | निर्गुणं | च
यद् | वै | प्रोक्तं | गुण + साम्य | प्रधानं | नित्यं | च + एतद् + शाश्वत | च + अव्यय | च