Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 24
य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैःसह।
सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते ॥
Say itya evaṁ vetti puruṣhaṁ prakṛitiṁ cha guṇaiḥ saha
sarvathā vartamāno ’pi na sa bhūyo ’bhijāyate
Translation
He who thus knows the Spirit and Matter together with their qualities, in whatever condition he may be, he is not reborn.
Swami Sivananda
He who knows thus the Person, Nature, and Qualities will not be born again, no matter how he may live.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He who understands the Self and Prakriti, along with the Gunas, will not be born again, no matter what state he may be in.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
He who knows, in this manner, the Soul and the Material Cause together with their strands—he is not reborn, even though he may act in various ways.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He who understands God and Nature, along with her qualities, whatever his condition in life may be, will not come back to earth.
Shri Purohit Swami
इस प्रकार पुरुषको और गुणोंके सहित प्रकृतिको जो मनुष्य अलग-अलग जानता है, वह सब तरहका बर्ताव करता हुआ भी फिर जन्म नहीं लेता।
Swami Ramsukhdas
इस प्रकार पुरुष और गुणों के सहित प्रकृति को जो मनुष्य जानता है, वह सब प्रकार से रहता हुआ (व्यवहार करता हुआ) भी पुन: नहीं जन्मता है।
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.
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