Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 13
Appendix:- All actions are performed by Prakrti, not by the Self. In the Gita the actions, performed by 'Prakrti', have been described in several ways such as - actions performed by the modes of nature and actions performed by senses etc., as all actions are performed by the modes of nature -`prakrteh kriyamanani gunah karmani sarvasah' (3/27); the modes are acting on the modes - 'guns gunesu vartante' (3/28); there is no doer other than the modes - 'nanyarh gunebhyah kartitrarh yada drastanupasyati' (14/19); Senses move among the Senseobjects -`indriyanindriyarthesu vartante' (5/9) etc. It means that all actions are performed by `Prakrti' only. Therefore Prakrti is never inactive in the least, while in the Self there is never any activity in the least. Therefore in the Gita, it is mentioned that the Sankhyayogi, who knows the truth, believes that he does nothing at all - 'naiva kincitkaromiti yukto manyeta tattvavit' (5/8); he neither acts himself nor causes others to act -'naiva kurvanna karayan' (5/13); the Self in spite of dwelling in the body neither acts nor is tainted -'sarirastho'pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate' (13/31); he who assumes the Self as the doer, that man of perverse understanding does not see right because his mind is impure (untrained) - 'tatraivath sati kartarametmanant ' (18/16) etc.
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