Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]But that knowledge which by differentiation, sees in all the creatures various entities of distinct kinds, that knowledge know thou as Rajasic.
BG 18.21
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज् ज्ञानं नानाभावान् पृथग्विधान् । वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज् ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥
pṛthaktvena tu yaj jñānaṃ nānā-bhāvān pṛthag-vidhān | vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu taj jñānaṃ viddhi rājasam ||
"Rājasic jñāna: knowing all beings as various separate entities of distinct kinds — by the lens of separateness."
4 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources
But that knowledge which by differentiation, sees in all the creatures various entities of distinct kinds, that knowledge know thou as Rajasic.
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But that knowledge which apprehends various entities of distinct kinds in all existences (as) diverse — know that knowledge to be of the quality of passion.
That knowledge which discerns all things as diverse essences of different kinds in consequence of their separateness, know that that knowledge has the quality of passion.