Sanskrit
पृथक्त्वेन तु यज्ज्ञानं नानाभावान्पृथग्विधान् । वेत्ति सर्वेषु भूतेषु तज्ज्ञानं विद्धि राजसम् ॥ २१ ॥
pṛthaktvena tu yajjñānaṃ nānābhāvān pṛthagvidhān vetti sarveṣu bhūteṣu tajjñānaṃ viddhi rājasam
Translation
But that knowledge which regardeth the several manifold existences in all beings as separate, that knowledge know thou as of passion;
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Rajasic knowledge, by contrast, perceives the manifold separate beings in all their real distinctness — not wrong exactly, but partial: it sees the many where sattvic knowledge sees the underlying one. This is a rare moment where the middle guna produces something that looks like ordinary competent perception rather than obvious vice, part of why rajas is the hardest guna to catch in oneself throughout this text.