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| Bhagavadgíta,-कर्मयोगःः karmayoga 3, (S.-1, Ch.-3, V.-27) |
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः ।अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥ ३-२७॥ |
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ।ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate ॥ 3-27॥ |
प्रकृतेः = prakrtes (f. gen. sg.), of material nature, of nature.; क्रियमाणानि = kriyamanani (n. nom. pI. pr. mid. participle *kr), being performed, performed. kriya (m. inst. pl.), by the kriya. karmanani (n. nom. pl.), actions.; सर्वशः = sarvasas, adv., everywhere, in all cases, al-together, entirely.; अहङ्कार = ahamkara (m.), lit. "I making," egotism.; विमूढात्मा = vimuda (m. p. pass. participle vi '*muh) , de-luded, confused.; आत्मा = atma (m. nom. sg.), self. (अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा ahmnkiiravimulfhiitma, m. nom. sg. BV cpd., he whose self is confused by ego-tism.); कर्ता = karta (m. nom. sg.), doer, creator.; अहम = aham (nom. sg.), I .; इति = iti, thus (used to close quotations).; मन्यते = manyate (3rd sg. mid. '../man), he thinks, he believes, he imagines. |
All the actions are being constantly guided and done by the three modes of
nature, but still, a man whose mind is filled with ignorance thinks that “I am
the performer of activities”. ||3-27||