Bhagavad Gita 3.27
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते।।
prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥ ahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| prakṛiteḥ | prakṛiteḥ | of material nature |
| kriyamāṇāni | kriyamāṇāni | carried out |
| guṇaiḥ | guṇaiḥ | by the three modes |
| karmāṇi | karmāṇi | activities |
| sarvaśhaḥ | sarvaśhaḥ | all kinds of |
| ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmā | ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmā | those who are bewildered by the ego and misidentify themselves with the body |
| kartā | kartā | the doer |
| aham | aham | I |
| iti | iti | thus |
| manyate | manyate | thinks |
All actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature alone. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, "I am the doer."
सम्पूर्ण कर्म प्रकृति के गुणों द्वारा किये जाते हैं, अहंकार से मोहित हुआ पुरुष, "मैं कर्ता हूँ" ऐसा मान लेता है।।
Topics: Consciousness, Maya