कैवल्यं सात्त्विकं ज्ञानं रजो वैकल्पिकं च यत् । प्राकृतं तामसं ज्ञानं मन्निष्ठं निर्गुणं स्मृतम् ॥ २४ ॥
kaivalyaṁ sāttvikaṁ jñānaṁ rajo vaikalpikaṁ ca yat prākṛtaṁ tāmasaṁ jñānaṁ man-niṣṭhaṁ nirguṇaṁ smṛtam
- kaivalyam
- absolute
- sāttvikam
- in the mode of goodness
- jñānam
- knowledge
- rajaḥ
- in the mode of passion
- vaikalpikam
- manifold
- ca
- and
- yat
- which
- prākṛtam
- materialistic
- tāmasam
- in the mode of ignorance
- jñānam
- knowledge
- mat-niṣṭham
- concentrated upon Me
- nirguṇam
- transcendental
- smṛtam
- is considered
Absolute knowledge is in the mode of goodness, knowledge based on duality is in the mode of passion, and foolish, materialistic knowledge is in the mode of ignorance. Knowledge based upon Me, however, is understood to be transcendental.