Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.14

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभु: न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते

na kartṛitvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛijati prabhuḥ na karma-phala-saṅyogaṁ svabhāvas tu pravartate

Recitation · Text 5.14
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Krishna clears up a likely misreading: the Lord does not create people's doership, nor their actions, nor their connection with results — it is one's own nature that plays out. Responsibility is not being quietly transferred upward.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Responsibility is not being quietly transferred upward — one's own nature is what plays out.