BG 13.19

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि ।
विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ॥
prakṛtiṁ puruṣaṁ caiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api
vikārāṁś ca guṇāṁś caiva viddhi prakṛti-sambhavān

Word-for-word meanings

viddhi — know;  ubhau api — that both;  prakṛtim — primordial nature;  ca — and;  eva — indeed;  puruṣam — the conscious living being;  anādī — [are] beginningless;  viddhi — know [also];  vikārān ca — that all modifications;  ca — and;  guṇān — the objects derived from the material guṇas;  sambhavān — [are] born of;  prakṛti — material nature;  eva — indeed.

Translation

Know that both primordial nature and the conscious living beings are beginningless. Know also that all modifications as well as the objects derived from the material guṇas are born of material nature.

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