For Eternal Beginners
ज्ञानम् कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः ।
प्रोच्यते गुण संख्याने यथावत् शृणु तान्यपि ॥ १९ ॥
jJAnam karma ca kartA ca tridhaiva guNabhedataH |
procyate guNa saMkhyAne yathAvat zRNu tAnyapi || 19 ||
प्रोच्यते [procyate] It is said that ज्ञानम् [jJAnam] knowledge, कर्म [karma] action च कर्ता [ca kartA] and the doer त्रिधा एव [tridhA eva] are of three types each. गुण संख्याने [guNa saMkhyAne] They are enumerated in the
three qualities
. गुणभेदतः [guNabhedataH] They go by the distinctions of
those qualities
. श्रुणु [zruNu] Listen यथावत् [yathAvat] to the genuine nature तानि अपि [tAni api] of that knowledge, action and the doer अपि [api] as well.
It is said that knowledge, the action and its doer are of three types each, going by the distinctions brought about by the three qualities of sattva , rajas and tamas . Listen to the distinctions among knowledge, actions and doers in terms of the effects brought about by these three qualities.