Bhagavad Gita 13.29 Meaning: Prakrityaiva cha karmani

Bhagavad Gita 13.29

प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः ।यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥

Prakrityaiva cha karmani kriyamanani sarvashahYah pashyati tathatmanamakartaram sa pashyati

prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ |yaḥ paśyati tathā’’tmānamakartāraṃ sa paśyati ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that the one who sees that all actions are done in every way by nature alone, and that the self is not the doer, truly sees.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो देखता है कि सब कर्म हर प्रकार से प्रकृति ही करती है, और आत्मा कर्ता नहीं, वही सच में देखता है।

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प्रकृत्या prakṛtyā · by nature (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: pra-kṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 654, col. 1 “the original producer of (or rather passive power of creating) the material world”
एव eva · alone (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
कर्माणि karmāṇi · actions (noun (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
क्रियमाणानि kriyamāṇāni · being done (present passive participle (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect”
सर्वशः sarvaśaḥ · in every way (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvaśas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 2 “wholly, completely, entirely, thoroughly, collectively, altogether”
यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
पश्यति paśyati · sees (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “behold, look at, observe, perceive, notice”
तथा tathā · likewise (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3 “in that manner, so, thus”
आत्मानम् ātmānam · the self (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: ātman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 1 “the individual soul, self”
अकर्तारम् akartāram · not the doer (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: a-kartṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1, col. 3 “not an agent”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
पश्यति paśyati · sees (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. paś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “behold, look at, observe, perceive, notice”

3 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

The printed edition reads: प्रकृत्यव च कर्माणि क्रियंमाणानि सर्वशः ।
यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥ The print has no ai-sign on त्य (प्रकृत्यव); shown as प्रकृत्यैव ('by nature alone'), a dropped sort. The print shows an anusvara over य (क्रियंमाणानि); read as a stray sort and not shown, because kriyamāṇāni has no nasal there.
Spelling The 1922 Madras printing reads: प्रकृत्यव च कर्माणि क्रियंमाणानि सर्वशः The 1922 base printing (leaf n205) drops the ai-sign of प्रकृत्यैव and sets a stray anusvara in क्रियमाणानि; see normalisations.
Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel with avagraha (तथाऽऽत्मानम्); the e-text writes तथात्मानम्, as another digital text does.

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