The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation

This verse emphasizes the comprehensive classification: knowledge, action, and the doer are indeed of three kinds according to gunas (jñānaṁ karma ca kartā ca tridhaiva guṇa-bhedataḥ). This restatement emphasizes the fundamental nature of this classification. Everything is classified by the gunas. Your knowledge is sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic. Your actions are sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic. Your sense of doing is sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic. Understanding this comprehensive classification helps you see yourself clearly: your knowledge, your actions, and your sense of doing all reflect the gunas. This is the path to self-awareness and alignment with sattvic qualities. When you understand this, you recognize that everything about you is influenced by the gunas, and you can work to align with sattvic qualities.