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
-
kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve — cause and effect of creation
-
kārya — effect
-
kāraṇa — cause
-
kartṛitve — of creation
-
-
hetuḥ — is responsible
-
prakṛitir — the material energy
-
uchyate — is said to be
-
puruṣhaḥ — the individual soul
-
sukha-duḥkhānāṁ — of happiness and grief
-
sukha — happiness
-
duḥkhānāṁ — of pain, of grief
-
-
bhoktṛitve — in experiencing
-
hetur — is responsible
-
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.
[19]Know that nature and God have no beginning, and the differences between them are born of nature.
[20]Nature generates the law of cause and effect, while the self is the cause of all pleasure and pain.
[21]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.
[22]Similar verses
-
Purity, passion, and ignorance are all born from the law of nature, and bind the soul to the body.
- Verse 14.5
-
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.
- Verse 13.22
-
God does not ordain activity, create incentives, or define the relation between cause and effect - this is all enacted by nature.
- Verse 5.14
-
One who knows the truth understands that it is only the law of nature that brings action to fruition, and that the self is never the one that acts.
- Verse 13.30
-
Nature works under my direction to produce all moving and stationary things, and is the reason for everything in this cosmic manifestation.
- Verse 9.10