Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 18.16

शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नर: न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतव: तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु य: पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मति:

śharīra-vāṅ-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ nyāyyaṁ vā viparītaṁ vā pañchaite tasya hetavaḥ tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ paśhyaty akṛita-buddhitvān na sa paśhyati durmatiḥ

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That being so, one who through an unrefined understanding looks on the solitary self as the doer does not see rightly. The error is called a failure of refinement, not of morals.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The error is called a failure of refinement, not of morals.