Learn·Chapter 18 · Liberation through renunciation·Verse 21 of 78
Bhagavad Gītā 18.21, word by word
BG 18.21
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान्।वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम्
pṛithaktvena tu yaj jñānaṁ nānā-bhāvān pṛithag-vidhān vetti sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi rājasam
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In English
The knowledge that perceives the manifold existence in all beings as separate comes from passion.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds as being distinct from one another, know thou that knowledge to be Rajasic.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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