पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् ।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥
pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṃ nānābhāvān pṛthagvidhān |vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu taj jñānaṃ viddhi rājasam ||
- पृथक्त्वेन · pṛthaktvena
- through separateness
- तु · tu
- but
- यत् · yat
- which
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- knowledge
- नानाभावान् · nānābhāvān
- manifold beings, separate realities
- पृथग्विधान् · pṛthagvidhān
- of different kinds
- वेत्ति · vetti
- perceives, knows
- सर्वेषु · sarveṣu
- in all
- भूतेषु · bhūteṣu
- beings
- तत् · tat
- that
- विद्धि · viddhi
- know
- राजसम् · rājasam
- rajasic
“But the knowledge that perceives manifold, separate realities of different kinds in all beings — know that knowledge to be rajasic.”
— Original plain-language translation
Rajasic knowing fragments the world: each being a separate island, each difference ultimate. It is the mindset of competition and comparison. Useful for worldly navigation but blind to the unity beneath — the opposite pole of 18.20.
— Reader's notes (original)