Chapter 3 · Verse 27

Path of Selfless Service

प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते

prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥ ahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate

Word Meanings

prakṛiteḥ — of material nature; kriyamāṇāni — carried out; guṇaiḥ — by the three modes; karmāṇi — activities; sarvaśhaḥ — all kinds of; ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmā — those who are bewildered by the ego and misidentify themselves with the body; kartā — the doer; aham — I; iti — thus; manyate — thinks

Language:

Translation

All actions are performed entirely by the qualities of Nature, but one whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, "I am the doer."

Commentary

प्रकृतेः of nature? क्रियमाणानि are performed? गुणैः by the alities? कर्माणि actions? सर्वशः in all cases? अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा one whose mind is deluded by egosim? कर्ता doer? अहम् I? इति thus? मन्यते thinks.Commentary Prakriti or Pradhana or Nature is that state in which the three Gunas? viz.? Sattva? Rajas and Tamas exist in a state of eilibrium. When this eilibrium is disturbed? creation begins body? senses? mind? etc.? are formed. The man who is deluded by egoism identifies the Self with the body? mind? the life force and the senses and ascribes to the Self all the attributes of the body and the senses. He? therefore? thinks through ignorance? I am the doer. In reality the Gunas of Nature perform all actions. (Cf.III.29V.9IX.9?10XIII.21?24?30?32XVIII.13?14).