Knowledge, action, and actor are declared in the Science of Temperaments (gunas) to be of three kinds only, according to the distinctions of temperaments; hear them also duly.

jñānaṃ = knowledge; karma = work; ca = also; kartā = worker; ca = also; tridhā = of three kinds; eva = certainly; guṇabhedataḥ = in terms of different modes of material nature; procyate = are said; guṇasaṃkhyāne = in terms of different modes; yathāvat = as they are; śṛṇu = hear; tāni = all of them; api = also.;