Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 13.21

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतु: प्रकृतिरुच्यते पुरुष: सुखदु:खानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते

kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve hetuḥ prakṛitir uchyate puruṣhaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛitve hetur uchyate

Recitation · Text 13.21
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)

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Nature is said to be the cause in the matter of effect, instrument and agency; the person is said to be the cause in the experience of pleasure and pain. The doing belongs to one, the feeling to the other — a clean division of labour.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The doing belongs to one, the feeling to the other.