Chapter 13, Verse 30
Chapter 13 · karma-yoga
Shloka
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः | यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ||१३-३०||
prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ . yaḥ paśyati tathātmānamakartāraṃ sa paśyati ||13-30||
English Meaning
English Meaning
He sees, who sees that all actions are performed by Nature alone and that the Self is actionless.
Hindi Meaning
जो पुरुष समस्त कर्मों को सर्वश: प्रकृति द्वारा ही किये गये देखता है तथा आत्मा को अकर्ता देखता है, वही (वास्तव में) देखता है।।
Russian Meaning
Видит тот, кто видит, что все действия совершаются только Природой и что Самость бездейственна.
Spanish Meaning
Ve aquel que ve que todas las acciones son realizadas únicamente por la Naturaleza y que el Ser no actúa.
Commentary
Nature is responsible for all activities. The Self is beyond all action. It is the silent witness only. He who experiences thus is the real seer or sage.He who knows that all actions proceeding from the five organs of knowledge? the five organs of action? the mind and the intellect are prompted by Nature and that the Self is actionless? really sees. He alone sees. He who identifies himself with the body? the mind and the senses and foolishly thinks that the Self is the actor is an ignorant man. He sees only with the physical eyes. He has no inner eye of intuition. The sky remains motionless but the clouds move across the sky. Even so the Self is actionless but Nature does everythin. The Self is destitute of any limiting adjunct. Just as there is no variety in ether? so also there is no variety in the Self. It is one homogeneous essence. It is free from any kind of characteristics. (Cf.III.27XIV.19XVIII.16)