BG 18.19
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः ।
प्रोच्यते गुणसङ्ख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ॥
प्रोच्यते गुणसङ्ख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि ॥
jñānaṁ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇa-bhedataḥ
procyate guṇa-saṅkhyāne yathāvac chṛṇu tāny api
procyate guṇa-saṅkhyāne yathāvac chṛṇu tāny api
Word-for-word meanings
guṇa-saṅkhyāne — in the Sāṅkhya texts [outlining the theory of the guṇas]; jñānam — knowledge; ca — and; karma — action; ca — and; kartā — the agent; procyate — are said to be; tridhā eva — of three types; guṇa-bhedataḥ — according to the distinctions of the guṇas; śṛṇu — please hear; tāni — [of] them; api — also; yathā-vat — in precise accordance with their actual nature.
Translation
In the Sāṅkhya texts outlining the theory of the guṇas, knowledge, action, and the agent are enumerated to be of three types according to the distinctions of the guṇas. Please hear of them also in precise accordance with their actual nature.