Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 21

पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् । वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्

pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvānpṛthagvidhān | vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam

Translation

But that knowledge which, by differentiation, sees in all the creatures various entities of distinct kinds, that knowledge know thou as Rājasic.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

pṛthaktvena

by separateness

tu

indeed

yat

which

jñānam

wisdom

nānābhāvān

various natures

pṛthagvidhān

of various kinds

vetti

knows

sarveṣu

in all

bhūteṣu

in beings

tat

that

jñānam

knowledge

viddhi

know

rājasam

rājasic

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

By differentiation: regarding them as different in different bodies. Entities: Selves. The dualistic fallacious systems of philosophy are Rājasic and Tāmasic, and therefore they cannot directly bring about the cessation of saṃsāra.