Bhagavad Gita 13.30 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Nature does the doing. The real you only watches.”
What it means
“Whoever sees that all actions are done by nature, and that the true self does nothing, truly sees.”
The original Sanskrit
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः । यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥
prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ yaḥ paśyati tathātmānamakartāraṃ sa paśyati
Translations
Literal translation
And he who sees actions as being done in various ways by Nature itself, and also the Self as the non-agent,-he sees.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जो पुरुष समस्त कर्मों को सर्वश: प्रकृति द्वारा ही किये गये देखता है तथा आत्मा को अकर्ता देखता है, वही (वास्तव में) देखता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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