Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 20
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।
विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान् ॥
Say itprakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api
vikārānśh cha guṇānśh chaiva viddhi prakṛiti-sambhavān
Translation
Know that Nature (matter) and the Spirit are both beginningless, and know also that all modifications and qualities are born from Nature.
Swami Sivananda
Know both Nature and the individual soul to be verily without beginning; know the modifications as well as the qualities to be born of Nature.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Know that both Prakṛti and the Self (Puruṣa) are without beginning; know that all modifications and the attributes are born from Prakṛti.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Both the Material Cause and the Soul are beginningless; you should know this. You should also know that the modifications and strands are born from the Material Cause.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Know further that Nature and God have no beginning, and that differences in character and quality originate from Nature only.
Shri Purohit Swami
प्रकृति और पुरुष -- दोनोंको ही तुम अनादि समझो और विकारों तथा गुणोंको भी प्रकृतिसे ही उत्पन्न समझो। कार्य और करणके द्वारा होनेवाली क्रियाओंको उत्पन्न करनेमें प्रकृति हेतु कही जाती है और सुख-दुःखोंके भोक्तापनमें पुरुष हेतु कहा जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
प्रकृति और पुरुष इन दोनों को ही तुम अनादि जानो। और तुम यह भी जानो कि सभी विकार और गुण प्रकृति से ही उत्पन्न हुए हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.