Chapter 13, Verse 30
Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
prakṛityā—by material nature; eva—truly; cha—also; karmāṇi—actions; kriyamāṇāni—are performed; sarvaśhaḥ—all; yaḥ—who; paśhyati—see; tathā—also; ātmānam—(embodied) soul; akartāram—actionless; saḥ—they; paśhyati—see
English translation
He sees, who sees that all actions are performed solely by Nature and that the Self is without action.
— Swami Sivananda
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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)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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