Sārathi

Word

prakṛiti-jaiḥ

Used in 7 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.

How it is translated

Every verse

  1. 3.5न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।na hi kaśhchit kṣhaṇam api jātu tiṣhṭhatyakarma-kṛitVerily, no one can remain for even a moment without performing action; for everyone is made to act helplessly, indeed, by the qualities born of Nature.Here: born of material nature
  2. 13.20प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv apiKnow that Nature (matter) and the Spirit are both beginningless, and know also that all modifications and qualities are born from Nature.Here: material energy
  3. 13.22पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇānThe soul seated in Nature experiences the qualities born of Nature; attachment to the qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs.Here: seated in the material energy
  4. 13.35क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा।kṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-chakṣhuṣhāThey who, by the eye of knowledge, perceive the distinction between the field and its knower, as well as the liberation from the Nature of being, go to the Supreme.Here: release from material nature
  5. 14.5सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥThese qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.Here: material nature
  6. 15.7ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।mamaivānśho jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥAn eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses, with the mind as the sixth, abiding in Nature.Here: bound by material nature
  7. 18.40न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।na tad asti pṛithivyāṁ vā divi deveṣhu vā punaḥThere is no being on earth or in heaven among the gods that is liberated from the three qualities born of Nature.Here: born of material nature