5.14 न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः। न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते
na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ | na karma
Word meanings
na—neither;kartṛitvam—sense of doership;na—nor;karmāṇi—actions;lokasya—of the people;sṛijati—creates;prabhuḥ—God;na—nor;karma-phala—fruits of actions;sanyogam—connection;svabhāvaḥ—one’s nature;tu—but;pravartate—is enacted
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Lord (Self) acquires neither the state of being a creator of the world, nor the actions, nor the connection with the fruits of their actions. But it is the inherent nature [in It] that exerts.
The Lord of this universe has not ordained activity, or any incentive thereto, or any relation between an act and its consequences. All this is the work of Nature.
The lord of the body (the self i.e., the Jiva) does not create agency, nor actions, nor union with the fruits of actions in relation to the world of selves. It is only the inherent tendencies that function.
The Self does not create agentship or any objects (of desire) for anyone; nor association with the results of actions. But it is Nature that acts.
Neither agency nor actions does the Lord create for the world, nor union with the fruits of actions; it is Nature that acts.
5.16 ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्
jñānena tu tad
Word meanings
jñānena—by divine knowledge;tu—but;tat—that;ajñānam—ignorance;yeṣhām—whose;nāśhitam—has been destroyed;ātmanaḥ—of the self;teṣhām—their;āditya-vat—like the sun;jñānam—knowledge;prakāśhayati—illumines;tat—that;param—Supreme Entity
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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In the case of those whose illusion has been destroyed by Self-knowledge, that knowledge illuminates itself, like the sun.
Surely wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance is dispelled by the wisdom of the Self.
But for those in whom this ignorance is destroyed by the knowledge of the self, that knowledge, in their case, is supreme and shines like the sun.
But in the case of those of whom that ignorance of theirs becomes destroyed by the knowledge (of the Self), their Knowledge, like the sun, reveals that supreme Reality.
But, to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme (Brahman).
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कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 5: Renounce Through Works
karmasaṃnyāsayoga
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5.15 नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः। अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः
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Word meanings
na—not;ādatte—accepts;kasyachit—anyone’s;pāpam—sin;na—not;cha—and;eva—certainly;su-kṛitam—virtuous deeds;vibhuḥ—the omnipresent God;ajñānena—by ignorance;āvṛitam—covered;jñānam—knowledge;tena—by that;muhyanti—are deluded;jantavaḥ—the living entities
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Omnimanifest Soul takes neither sin nor merit born of any action upon itself. But, perfect knowledge is clouded by Illusion, and thus the creatures are deluded.
The Lord does not accept responsibility for any man's sin or merit. Men are deluded because in them wisdom is submerged in ignorance.
The all-pervading One takes away neither the sin nor the merit of any one. Knowledge is enveloped by ignorance. Creatures are thereby deluded.
The Omnipresent neither accepts anybody's sin nor even virtue. Knowledge remains covered by ignorance. Thereby the creatures become deluded.
The Lord accepts neither the demerit nor even the merit of any; knowledge is enveloped by ignorance, thereby beings are deluded.
