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Adhyāyas / Karma Yogaḥ / verse 27

Mūla — the verse

Gita Press numbering
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते
prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥ ahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate
Anuṣṭubh

Translation

Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣya

While actions are being done in every way by the gunas (qualities) of Nature, one who is deluded by egoism thinks, "I am the doer."

हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda

सम्पूर्ण कर्म प्रकृति के गुणों द्वारा किये जाते हैं, अहंकार से मोहित हुआ पुरुष, "मैं कर्ता हूँ" ऐसा मान लेता है।।

Pronunciation — Vaamshii

from Vaamshii
प्रकृते% क्रिय माणानि
गुणै% कर्माणि सर्वशः
अहङ् कार विमूढात् मा
कर्ता हमिति मन्य ते
॥ २७ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →

Word by word

padārtha
prakṛiteḥof material nature
kriyamāṇānicarried out
guṇaiḥby the three modes
karmāṇiactivities
sarvaśhaḥall kinds of
ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmāthose who are bewildered by the ego and misidentify themselves with the body
kartāthe doer
ahamI
itithus
manyatethinks

Themes

from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad Gītā
EgoGuṇa

Meaning — Questions & Solutions

from Q&A with KnA
3.27The ego — the “I-doer.”

Since all action arises from an intention or desire in the mind (itself a product of the three guṇas of Prakṛti, see Canto 14), and all action is carried out by the mental or physical body (both parts of Nature, see Canto 13), the being in truth does nothing at all. It is a delusion to think “I do,” when in fact you do not. This delusion is the birth of the ego, aptly named the “I-doer.” You are only the witness of the drama unfolding before you — a spectator. Hence you need not cling to any prop or character; you sit through it, enjoy both comedy and tragedy, and then you leave.