BG 7.13
Deluded by these three qualities of nature (purity, passion, and ignorance), the entire world fails to recognize the supreme and imperishable.
मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्
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tribhir — by three
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guṇa-mayair — consisting of the modes of material nature
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guṇa
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mayair
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bhāvair — states
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ebhiḥ — all these
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sarvam — whole
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idaṁ — this
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jagat — universe
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mohitaṁ — deluded
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nābhijānāti — do not know
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na — not
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abhijānāti — know
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māmebhyaḥ — these of my
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mām — me
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ebhyaḥ — these
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param — supreme
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avyayam — imperishable
I am the source of all that is pure, all that is passionate, and all that is ignorant. They are within me, but I am not within them. Deluded by these three qualities of nature (purity, passion, and ignorance), the entire world fails to recognize the supreme and imperishable. This divine illusion is difficult to overcome. Only those who surrender themselves entirely to me can accomplish it. The evil doers, the ignorant, the hedonistic, and deprived, all do not surrender to me.
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