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Bhagavad Gita 18.16

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।

tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ paśhyaty akṛita-buddhitvān na sa paśhyati durmatiḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tatratatrathere
evam satievam satiin spite of this
kartāramkartāramthe doer
ātmānamātmānamthe soul
kevalamkevalamonly
tutubut
yaḥyaḥwho
paśhyatipaśhyatisee
akṛita-buddhitvātakṛita-buddhitvātwith impure intellect
nananot
saḥsaḥthey
paśhyatipaśhyatisee
durmatiḥdurmatiḥfoolish

Now, such being the case, verily he who, owing to an untrained understanding, looks upon his Self, which is isolated, as the agent, he of perverted intelligence does not see.

अब इस स्थिति में जो पुरुष असंस्कृत बुद्धि होने के कारण, केवल शुद्ध आत्मा को कर्ता समझता हैं, वह दुर्मति पुरुष (यथार्थ) नहीं देखता है।।