Bhagavad Gita · 18.16
॥
Devanāgarī
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः ।
पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ |
paśyaty akṛta-buddhitvān na sa paśyati durmatiḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्र एवम् सतिtatra evam satisuch being the case, when this is so.
कर्तारम्kartāramthe doer.
आत्मानम्ātmānamhimself (the ātmā, the soul).
केवलम् तु यःkevalam tu yaḥbut one who [considers] the sole (kevalam).
पश्यतिpaśyatisees.
अकृतबुद्धित्वात्akṛta-buddhitvātbecause of unrefined (a-kṛta) intelligence (buddhitvāt).
न सः पश्यतिna saḥ paśyatihe does not see [truly].
दुर्मतिःdurmatiḥone whose intelligence (matiḥ) is corrupt (dur), a fool.
Translation
“Such being the case, one who, because of his unrefined intelligence (buddhi), sees only himself, the soul (ātmā), as the sole doer — that person, having a corrupt intelligence, does not see [the truth].”
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