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Chapter 18
Link:- Having explained the five factors, which are contributory to the accomplishment of all actions, according to the Sankhya doctrine, the Lord, now criticizes, those, who recognize the self as doer.
tatraivam sati kartaramatmanam kevalam tu yah
pasyatyakrtabuddhitvnnna sa pasyati durmatih
Such being the case, a man of perverse understanding, who, on account of impure (untrained) mind, looks upon his pure self alone, as the doer, does not see right. 16
Comment:-
Tatraivam sail kartnramatmanam kcvalam tu yah pasyatyakrtabuddhitvanna sa pasyati durmatih:- All actions are performed by body, the doer, the instrument, efforts and Daiva, not by the self. But, he who looks upon his self, as doer, his understanding is untrained i.e., he has not attached importance, to discrimination by which he can realize, that the sentient self is different, from the insentient nature. He is of a perverse mind, because he has not developed his understanding. If he awakens his discrimination, he cannot remain, of perverse mind.
The two terms 'Akrtabuddhitvat, and Durmatih', seemingly having the same meaning, have some difference. The former term, denotes the cause, why a doer is Durmati' (of perverse understanding), while the term 'Durmatih', is adjective for the doer. The doer, is of perverse underslanding, because he has not developed and refined his discriminative faculty. Had he developed it, he could not have been called, a man of perverse understanding.
The self, does nothing [1]. But when man identifies himself, with body, because of his perverse mind, he does not realize, that he is not a doer.
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