BG 13.21
Nature generates the law of cause and effect, while the self is the cause of all pleasure and pain.
पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते
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kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve — cause and effect of creation
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kārya — effect
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kāraṇa — cause
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kartṛitve — of creation
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hetuḥ — is responsible
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prakṛitir — the material energy
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uchyate — is said to be
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puruṣhaḥ — the individual soul
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sukha-duḥkhānāṁ — of happiness and grief
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sukha — happiness
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duḥkhānāṁ — of pain, of grief
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bhoktṛitve — in experiencing
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hetur — is responsible
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uchyate — is said to be
Thus, I have summarized the nature of matter, the self to be realized, and the wisdom to be found. One who is devoted to me becomes qualified for my state. Know that nature and God have no beginning, and the differences between them are born of nature. Nature generates the law of cause and effect, while the self is the cause of all pleasure and pain. The self, seated in nature, experiences the qualities brought forth by nature. Affinity toward these qualities is the reason for birth in a good or evil womb.
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