Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः ।
पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥१६॥
tatraivaṁ sati kartāram
ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ
paśyaty akṛta-buddhitvān
na sa paśyati durmatiḥ
Word for word (synonyms)
- tatra
- there
- evam
- certainly
- sati
- being thus
- kartāram
- of the worker
- ātmānam
- the soul
- kevalam
- only
- tu
- but
- yaḥ
- anyone
- paśyati
- sees
- akṛta-buddhitvāt
- due to unintelligence
- na
- never
- saḥ
- he
- paśyati
- sees
- durmatiḥ
- foolish
Translation
Therefore one who thinks himself the only doer, not considering the five factors, is certainly not very intelligent and cannot see things as they are.
Purport
A foolish person cannot understand that the Supersoul is sitting as a friend within and conducting his actions. Although the material causes are the place, the worker, the endeavor and the senses, the final cause is the Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, one should see not only the four material causes, but the supreme efficient cause as well. One who does not see the Supreme thinks himself to be the instrument.
What this verse teaches
Doership mentality
- Section
- The five factors of action
- Subsection
- Doership and non-doership mentalities
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.