4.13 - John Henry Thompson - Invent Your Future
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ते व्यक्तसूक्ष्माः गुणात्मानः ॥१३॥
te vyakta sukshmah guna atmanah ||13||
[RS] 4.13 These characteristics are manifest or subtle, physical or spiritual.
[SS] 4.13 Whether manifested or subtle, these characteristics belong to the nature of gunas. [p214]
[EB] 4.13 The past, present, and future have the gunas as their essence and are either manifest or latent. [p427]
te = they; these
vyakta = manifest
sūkṣmāḥ = subtle
guṇa = the three basic elements of matter; physical
atmānaḥ = the absolute; spiritual