Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 13
Chapter 5
Verse 14 of 29
Verse 15
Verse 5.14
न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः। न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥5.14॥
5.14 na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ na karmaphalasaṃyogaṃ svabhāvas tu pravartate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Neither the state of being a doer, nor actions (karmāṇi), does the Lord (prabhu) create for the world, Nor the connection to the fruit of action; but it is own-nature (svabhāva) that operates.

Stoller MillerLiterary

The lord of the world does not create agency or actions, or a union of fruits with actions; but his being unfolds into existence.

ZaehnerJesuit

(14) Neither agency nor worldly works does [the body's] lord engender, nor yet the bond that work to fruit conjoins: it is inherent Nature that initiates the action.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

5.14 The Self does not create agentship or any objects (of desire) for anyone; nor association with the results of actions. But it is Nature that acts.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

5.14 The lord of the body (the self i.e., the Jīva) does not create agency, nor actions, nor union with the fruits of actions in relation to the world of selves. It is only the inherent tendencies that function.

SivanandaVedanta

5.14 Neither agency nor actions does the Lord create for the world, nor union with the fruits of actions. But it is Nature that acts.

Commentaries

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Sanskrit Original
Verse 13
Chapter 5
Verse 14 of 29
Verse 15