Kapila Gita
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श्री भगवानुवाच अथ ते सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्त्वानां लक्षणं पृथक्। यद्विदित्वा विमुच्येत पुरुषः प्राकृतैर्गुणैः॥2.1॥
Sri bhagavan said : I shall now explicitly expound to you the differentiating characteristics of various entities, knowing which man becomes free of various entities, knowing which a man becomes free from the qualities of prakriti.
english translation
zrI bhagavAnuvAca atha te sampravakSyAmi tattvAnAM lakSaNaM pRthak। yadviditvA vimucyeta puruSaH prAkRtairguNaiH॥2.1॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptज्ञानं निःश्रेयसार्थाय पुरुषस्यात्मदर्शनम्। यदाहुर्वर्णये तत्ते हृदयेग्रन्थिभेदनम्॥।2.2॥
I shall describe to you that knowledge about which great sages speak, which is the means to the supreme good of man, which gives Self-knowledge and cuts the knots of the heart.
english translation
jJAnaM niHzreyasArthAya puruSasyAtmadarzanam। yadAhurvarNaye tatte hRdayegranthibhedanam॥।2.2॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअनादिरात्मा पुरुषो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः। प्रत्यग्धामा स्वयंज्योतिर्विश्वं येन समन्वितम्॥2.3॥
Before creation, the PuruSa was the beginningless Self, attributeless, beyond prakriti, the very subject and Self-shining, and even now it alone pervades the world.
english translation
anAdirAtmA puruSo nirguNaH prakRteH paraH। pratyagdhAmA svayaMjyotirvizvaM yena samanvitam॥2.3॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptस एष प्रकृतिं सूक्ष्मां दैवीं गुणमयीं विभुः। यदृच्छयैवोपगतामभ्यपद्यत लीलया॥2.4॥
The same infinite Lord, by chance alone, in sport, became manifested as the subtle prakriti with qualities.
english translation
sa eSa prakRtiM sUkSmAM daivIM guNamayIM vibhuH। yadRcchayaivopagatAmabhyapadyata lIlayA॥2.4॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptगुणैर्विचित्राः सृजतीं सरूपाः प्रकृतिं प्रजाः। विलोक्य मुमुहे सद्यः स इह ज्ञानगूहया॥2.5॥
Prakriti with its qualities creates a variety of being like itlsef. The Lord/Self having seen the creation got (as it were) completely deluded through the veiling of knowledge.
english translation
guNairvicitrAH sRjatIM sarUpAH prakRtiM prajAH। vilokya mumuhe sadyaH sa iha jJAnagUhayA॥2.5॥
hk transliteration by SanscriptProgress:38.8%
श्री भगवानुवाच अथ ते सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्त्वानां लक्षणं पृथक्। यद्विदित्वा विमुच्येत पुरुषः प्राकृतैर्गुणैः॥2.1॥
Sri bhagavan said : I shall now explicitly expound to you the differentiating characteristics of various entities, knowing which man becomes free of various entities, knowing which a man becomes free from the qualities of prakriti.
english translation
zrI bhagavAnuvAca atha te sampravakSyAmi tattvAnAM lakSaNaM pRthak। yadviditvA vimucyeta puruSaH prAkRtairguNaiH॥2.1॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptज्ञानं निःश्रेयसार्थाय पुरुषस्यात्मदर्शनम्। यदाहुर्वर्णये तत्ते हृदयेग्रन्थिभेदनम्॥।2.2॥
I shall describe to you that knowledge about which great sages speak, which is the means to the supreme good of man, which gives Self-knowledge and cuts the knots of the heart.
english translation
jJAnaM niHzreyasArthAya puruSasyAtmadarzanam। yadAhurvarNaye tatte hRdayegranthibhedanam॥।2.2॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअनादिरात्मा पुरुषो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः। प्रत्यग्धामा स्वयंज्योतिर्विश्वं येन समन्वितम्॥2.3॥
Before creation, the PuruSa was the beginningless Self, attributeless, beyond prakriti, the very subject and Self-shining, and even now it alone pervades the world.
english translation
anAdirAtmA puruSo nirguNaH prakRteH paraH। pratyagdhAmA svayaMjyotirvizvaM yena samanvitam॥2.3॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptस एष प्रकृतिं सूक्ष्मां दैवीं गुणमयीं विभुः। यदृच्छयैवोपगतामभ्यपद्यत लीलया॥2.4॥
The same infinite Lord, by chance alone, in sport, became manifested as the subtle prakriti with qualities.
english translation
sa eSa prakRtiM sUkSmAM daivIM guNamayIM vibhuH। yadRcchayaivopagatAmabhyapadyata lIlayA॥2.4॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptगुणैर्विचित्राः सृजतीं सरूपाः प्रकृतिं प्रजाः। विलोक्य मुमुहे सद्यः स इह ज्ञानगूहया॥2.5॥
Prakriti with its qualities creates a variety of being like itlsef. The Lord/Self having seen the creation got (as it were) completely deluded through the veiling of knowledge.
english translation
guNairvicitrAH sRjatIM sarUpAH prakRtiM prajAH। vilokya mumuhe sadyaH sa iha jJAnagUhayA॥2.5॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript