BG 13.20
Know that nature and God have no beginning, and the differences between them are born of nature.
विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्
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prakṛitiṁ — material nature
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puruṣhaṁ — the individual souls
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chaiva — and indeed
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cha — and
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eva — indeed
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viddhy — know
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anādī — without beginning
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ubhāv — both
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api — and
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vikārānśh — transformations
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cha — and
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guṇānśh — qualities of nature
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chaiva — and indeed
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cha — and
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eva — indeed
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viddhi — know
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prakṛiti-sambhavān — produced by divine energy
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prakṛiti — material nature, divine energy
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sambhavān — produced by
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Thus, I have summarized the nature of matter, the self to be realized, and the wisdom to be found. One who is devoted to me becomes qualified for my state. Know that nature and God have no beginning, and the differences between them are born of nature. Nature generates the law of cause and effect, while the self is the cause of all pleasure and pain. The self, seated in nature, experiences the qualities brought forth by nature. Affinity toward these qualities is the reason for birth in a good or evil womb.