Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 13.20

Sanskrit

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्।।13.20।।

prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api vikārānśh cha guṇānśh chaiva viddhi prakṛiti-sambhavān

Meaning

Understand that your core self is unchanging, while circumstances and emotions constantly shift. Lead from your stable inner foundation, not reactive external conditions.

Translation

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.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: