Bhagavad Gita · 3.27
॥
Devanāgarī
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः ।
अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ |
ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
प्रकृतेःprakṛteḥof material nature.
क्रियमाणानिkriyamāṇānibeing performed.
गुणैःguṇaiḥby the guṇas.
कर्माणिkarmāṇiactions.
सर्वशःsarvaśaḥin every way, of all kinds.
अहङ्कारविमूढात्माahaṅkāra-vimūḍha-ātmāone whose self (ātmā) is deluded (vimūḍha) by false ego (ahaṅkāra).
कर्ता अहम्kartā aham“I am the doer”, “I am the performer”.
इतिitithus.
मन्यतेmanyatehe thinks, he considers.
Translation
“All actions are performed by the guṇas of material nature. But one whose self is deluded by false ego thinks: ‘I am the doer.’”
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