Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।
प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि
jñānaṁ karma cha kartā cha tridhaiva guṇa-bhedataḥ
prochyate guṇa-saṅkhyāne yathāvach chhṛiṇu tāny api
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaKnowledge, action, and agent are stated in the teaching about the gunas to be only of three kinds, according to the differences of the gunas. Hear about them also as they are.
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
ज्ञान, कर्म और कर्ता भी गुणों के भेद से सांख्यशास्त्र (गुणसंख्याने) में त्रिविध ही कहे गये हैं; उनको भी तुम मुझ से यथावत् श्रवण करो।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiज्ञानङ् कर्म च कर्ता च
त्रिधैव गुण भेदतः
प्रोच्यते गुण सङ्ख्याने
यथा वच् छृणु तान्यपि
॥ १९ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthajñānamknowledge
karmaaction
chaand
kartādoer
chaalso
tridhāof three kinds
evacertainly
guṇa-bhedataḥdistinguished according to the three modes of material nature
prochyateare declared
guṇa-saṅkhyāneSānkhya philosophy, which describes the modes of material nature
yathā-vatas they are
śhṛiṇulisten
tānithem
apialso
Themes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA18.19In the science of the guṇas, how many kinds of knowledge, action and agent are there?
Knowledge, action, and agent are stated in the teaching about the gunas to be only of three kinds, according to the differences of the gunas. Hear about them also as they are.
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.