3.27
Chapter 3, Verse 27
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते৷৷
prakṛtēḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ. ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartā.hamiti manyatē৷৷
Translation
Action is the product of the Qualities inherent in Nature. It is only the ignorant man who, misled by personal egotism, says: I am the doer.'
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
प्रकृतेः of nature, क्रियमाणानि are performed, गुणैः by the alities, कर्माणि actions, सर्वशः in all cases, अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा one whose mind is deluded by egosim, कर्ता doer, अहम् I, इति thus, मन्यते thinks. Commentary: Prakriti or Pradhana or Nature is that state in which the three Gunas, viz., Sattva, Rajas and Tamas exist in a state of eilibrium. When this eilibrium is disturbed, creation begins body, senses, mind, etc., are formed. The man who is deluded by egoism identifies the Self with the body, mind, the life force and the senses and ascribes to the Self all the attributes of the body and the senses. He, therefore, thinks through ignorance, I am the doer. In reality the Gunas of Nature perform all actions. (Cf.III.29V.9IX.9,10XIII.21,24,30,32XVIII.13,14).
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.