Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 13

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् । मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्

tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat | mohitaṃ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam

Translation

Deluded by these three (sorts of) things composed of guṇas, all this world knows not Me as distinct from them and immutable.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

tribhiḥ

(by) three

guṇamayaiḥ

(by) the guṇa-made

bhāvaiḥ

by natures

ebhiḥ

(by) these

sarvam

all

idam

this

jagat

world

mohitam

deceived

na

not

abhijānāti

knows well

mām

me

ebhyaḥ

than these

param

higher

avyayam

inexhaustible

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

All living beings are deluded by such things as love, hatred and attachment, which are all modifications of guṇas. Immutable: devoid of such changes as birth and the like, which pertain to all things in the world.