Chapter 5, Verse 14
Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
na—neither; kartṛitvam—sense of doership; na—nor; karmāṇi—actions; lokasya—of the people; sṛijati—creates; prabhuḥ—God; na—nor; karma-phala—fruits of actions; sanyogam—connection; svabhāvaḥ—one’s nature; tu—but; pravartate—is enacted
English translation
Neither does the Lord create agency nor actions for the world, nor union with the fruits of actions; rather, it is Nature that acts.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
The Lord does not create agency or doership. He does not press anyone to do actions. He never tells anyone; Do this or do that. He does not bring about the union with the fruit of actions. It is Prakritit or Nature that does everything. (Cf. III.33)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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