Word meanings
- prakṛtyā
- by material nature
- eva
- truly
- ca
- also
- karmāṇi
- actions
- kriyamāṇāni
- are performed
- sarvaśaḥ
- all
- yaḥ
- who
- paśyati
- see
- tathā
- also
- ātmānam
- (embodied) soul
- akartāram
- actionless
- saḥ
- they
- paśyati
- see
Translations
He sees, who sees that all actions are performed solely by Nature and that the Self is without action.
He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth.
And he who sees actions being done in various ways by Nature itself, and also the Self as the non-agent, he sees.
जो सम्पूर्ण क्रियाओंको सब प्रकारसे प्रकृतिके द्वारा ही की जाती हुई देखता है और अपने-आपको अकर्ता देखता (अनुभव करता) है, वही यथार्थ देखता है।Commentary
Nature is responsible for all activities. The Self is beyond all action. It is the silent witness only. He who experiences thus is the real seer or sage. He who knows that all actions proceeding from the five organs of knowledge, the five organs of action, the mind and the intellect are prompted by Nature and that the Self is actionless, really sees. He alone sees. He who identifies himself with the body, the mind and the senses and foolishly thinks that the Self is the actor is an ignorant man.
He sees only with the physical eyes. He has no inner eye of intuition. The sky remains motionless but the clouds move across the sky. Even so the Self is actionless but Nature does everythin. The Self is destitute of any limiting adjunct. Just as there is no variety in ether, so also there is no variety in the Self. It is one homogeneous essence. It is free from any kind of characteristics. (Cf.III.27XIV.19XVIII.16)