Chapter 13, Slok 21
🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 13.21
Original Verse
kAryakAraNakartRtve hetuH prakRtirucyate | puruSaH sukhaduHkhAnAM bhoktRtve heturucyate ||13-21||
Transliteration
kāryakāraṇakartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtirucyate . puruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhānāṃ bhoktṛtve heturucyate ||13-21||
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Swami Adidevananda
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Translation
13.21 The Prakrti is said to be the cause of agency to the body (Karya) and sense-organs (Karana). The self is said to be the cause of experiencing pleasure and pain.