य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैः सह ।सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते ॥
ya evaṃ vetti puruṣaṃ prakṛtiṃ ca guṇaiḥ saha |sarvathā vartamāno 'pi na sa bhūyo 'bhijāyate ||
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- वेत्ति · vetti
- knows
- गुणैः सह · guṇaiḥ saha
- with the qualities
- सर्वथा · sarvathā
- in every way of life
- वर्तमानः अपि · vartamānaḥ api
- though living, abiding
- न भूयः अभिजायते · na bhūyaḥ abhijāyate
- is not born again
“Whoever knows spirit thus, and nature with its qualities — however such a one lives, they are not born again.”
— Original plain-language translation
Liberation is tied to seeing, not to circumstance: 'however they live.' The householder and the recluse stand equal before this discernment — a quiet charter of freedom for Arjuna the warrior.
— Reader's notes (original)