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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.14

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 5.14 · 5 · Verse 14

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Sanskrit Original

।।5.14।। न कर्तृत्वं स्वतः कुरु इति नापि कर्माणि रथघटप्रासादादीनि ईप्सिततमानि लोकस्य सृजति उत्पादयति प्रभुः आत्मा। नापि रथादि कृतवतः तत्फलेन संयोगं न कर्मफलसंयोगम्। यदि किञ्चिदपि स्वतः न करोति न कारयति च देही कः तर्हि कुर्वन् कारयंश्च प्रवर्तते इति उच्यते स्वभावस्तु स्वो भावः स्वभावः अविद्यालक्षणा प्रकृतिः माया प्रवर्तते दैवी हि इत्यादिना वक्ष्यमाणा।।परमार्थतस्तु

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5.14 Prabhuh, the Self; na srjati, does not create; lokasya, for anyone; kartrtvam, agentship, by saying 'Do this'; or even karmani, any objects-such objects as chariot, pot, palace, etc. which are intensely longed for; nor even karma-phala-samyogam, association with the results of actions-association of the creator of a chariot etc. with the result of his work. Objection: If the embodied one does not do anything himself, and does not make others do, then who is it that engages in work by doing and making others do? The answer is: Tu, but; it is svabhavah, Nature- one's own (sva) nature (bhava)-characterized as ignorance, Maya, which will be spoken of in, 'Since this divine Maya' (7.14); pravartate, that acts. But from the highest standpoint-