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Krishna

3.27 प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ | ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartā'hamiti manyate

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prakṛiteḥ—of material nature;kriyamāṇāni—carried out;guṇaiḥ—by the three modes;karmāṇi—activities;sarvaśhaḥ—all kinds of;ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmā—those who are bewildered by the ego and misidentify themselves with the body;kartā—the doer;aham—I;iti—thus;manyate—thinks

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The actions are performed part by part by the strands of Prakriti; yet, the person, having his self (mind) deluded with egoity, imagines, 'I am the sole doer.'

Shri Purohit Swami

Action is the product of the Qualities inherent in Nature. It is only the ignorant man who, misled by personal egotism, says: I am the doer.'

Swami Adidevananda

Actions are being performed in every way by the Gunas of Prakrti. He whose nature is deluded by egoism, thinks, 'I am the doer.'

Swami Gambirananda

While actions are being done in every way by the gunas (qualities) of Nature, one who is deluded by egoism thinks thus: 'I am the doer.'

Swami Sivananda

All actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature only. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks: “I am the doer”.

Krishna

3.29 प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु। तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत्

prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu | tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet

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prakṛiteḥ—of material nature;guṇa—by the modes of material nature;sammūḍhāḥ—deluded;sajjante—become attached;guṇa-karmasu—to results of actions;tān—those;akṛitsna-vidaḥ—persons without knowledge;mandān—the ignorant;kṛitsna-vit—persons with knowledge;na vichālayet—should not unsettle

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Men, completely deluded by the strands of Prakrti, are attached to the actions of those strands. Those who know fully should not confuse them, whereas the dullards who do not know fully.

Shri Purohit Swami

Those who do not understand the Qualities are interested in the act. Still, the wise man who knows the truth should not disturb the mind of him who does not.

Swami Adidevananda

Those who are deluded by the Gunas of Prakrti are attached to the works of the Gunas. But he who knows the whole truth should not unsettle the ignorant who do not know the whole truth.

Swami Gambirananda

Those who are wholly deluded by the gunas of Nature become attached to the activities of the gunas. The knower of the All should not disturb those of dull intellect, who do not know the All.

Swami Sivananda

Those deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the qualities. A man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish one of imperfect knowledge.

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3.28 तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः। गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते

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tattva-vit—the knower of the Truth;tu—but;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;guṇa-karma—from guṇas and karma;vibhāgayoḥ—distinguish;guṇāḥ—modes of material nature in the shape of the senses, mind, etc;guṇeṣhu—modes of material nature in the shape of objects of perception;vartante—are engaged;iti—thus;matvā—knowing;na—never;sajjate—becomes attached

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

But, O mighty-armed one, the one who knows the true nature of the strands and their respective divisions of work, realizes: 'The strands are in their respective purposes.' And thus, he is not attached.

Shri Purohit Swami

But he, O Mighty One, who understands correctly the relation of the Qualities to action, is not attached to the act for he perceives that it is merely the action and reaction of the Qualities among themselves.

Swami Adidevananda

But he who knows the truth about the division of the Gunas and works, O mighty-armed one, through his knowledge that 'Gunas operate on their products,' is not attached.

Swami Gambirananda

But, O mighty-armed one, the one who is a knower of the facts about the varieties of the gunas (qualities) and actions does not become attached, thinking thus: 'The organs rest (act) on the objects of the organs.'

Swami Sivananda

But he who knows the truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas as senses move amidst the Gunas as the sense-objects, is not attached.