18. Renunciation and Surrender

Mokṣha Sanyās Yog

BG 18.16

Those with impure intellect regard the soul as the only agent of action - they cannot see things as they really are.

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः
पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः

  • tatraivaṁ — there regardless

  • sati — of this

  • kartāram — the doer

  • ātmānaṁ — the soul

  • kevalaṁ — only

  • tu — but

  • yaḥ — who

  • paśhyaty — see

  • akṛita-buddhitvān — with impure intellect

    • akṛita

    • buddhitvān

  • na — not

  • sa — they

  • paśhyati — see

  • durmatiḥ — foolish

...18.12

I will now tell you the five causes that must come together for an action to be accomplished.

[13]

There is the body, the personality, the sense organs, the various kinds of activities, and cosmic destiny.

[14]

These five are the essential causes for any action a person may perform, whether by physical effort, speech, or thought, and whether the action be righteous or immoral.

[15]

Those with impure intellect regard the soul as the only agent of action - they cannot see things as they really are.

[16]

Even though they may kill living beings, one who is free from pride and attachment is neither the one who kills nor are they bound by their actions.

[17]

Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower are the three incentives to action. The act, the actor, and the instrument are its three constituents.

[18]

18.19...

Similar verses

Chapter 18, Verse 16