Shloka 19
Mokṣa–Saṃnyāsa–Tyāga–Guṇa-Vibhāga (Renunciation, Relinquishment, and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata 6, Bhīṣma-parva
प्रकृति] और पुरुष, इन दोनोंको ही तू अनादि जानः और राग-द्वेषादि विकारोंको तथा त्रिगुणात्मक सम्पूर्ण पदार्थोंको भी प्रकृतिसे ही उत्पन्न जान
prakṛtiṁ ca puruṣaṁ caiva viddhy anādī ubhāv api | vikārāṁś ca guṇāṁś caiva viddhi prakṛti-sambhavān ||
阿周那说：当知普拉克里蒂（物质自然）与普鲁沙（觉知之我）二者皆无始。又当知一切变异——如贪著与憎厌——以及一切由三德（guṇa）所成之法，皆从普拉克里蒂而生。
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Both Prakṛti (nature) and Puruṣa (conscious self) are beginningless; however, the changing states—emotions like attachment and aversion, and all guṇa-made phenomena—originate from Prakṛti. This supports ethical discernment: do not mistake transient, guṇa-driven impulses for the true self.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s philosophical instruction setting, Arjuna speaks while seeking clarity about the constituents of existence. He articulates a Sāṅkhya-like distinction between the self (Puruṣa) and nature (Prakṛti), locating psychological reactions and worldly change within Prakṛti.