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BG 3.27 — 3.27 All actions are wrought in all cases by the alities of Nature only. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, "I am the doer." | Live Gita
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प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः |
अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ||३-२७||

prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ . ahaṅkāravimūḍhātmā kartāhamiti manyate ||3-27||


।।3.27।। सम्पूर्ण कर्म प्रकृति के गुणों द्वारा किये जाते हैं, अहंकार से मोहित हुआ पुरुष,  "मैं कर्ता हूँ"  ऐसा मान लेता है।।

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3.27 प्रकृतेः of nature? क्रियमाणानि are performed? गुणैः by the alities? कर्माणि actions? सर्वशः in all cases? अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा one whose mind is deluded by egosim? कर्ता doer? अहम् I? इति thus? मन्यते thinks.Commentary Prakriti or Pradhana or Nature is that state in which the three Gunas? viz.? Sattva? Rajas and Tamas exist in a state of eilibrium. When this eilibrium is disturbed? creation begins body? senses? mind? etc.? are formed. The man who is deluded by egoism identifies the Self with

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Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।3.27।।मूर्ख अज्ञानी मनुष्य कर्मोंमें किस प्रकार आसक्त होता है सो कहते हैं सत्त्व रजस् और तमस् इन तीनों गुणोंकी जो साम्यावस्था है उसका नाम प्रधान या प्रकृति है उस प्रकृतिके गुणोंसे अर्थात् कार्य और करणरूप समस्त विकारोंसे लौकिक और शास्त्रीय सम्पूर्ण कर्म सब प्रकारसे किये जाते हैं। परंतु अहंकारविमूढात्मा कार्य और करणके संघातरूप शरीरमें आत्मभावकी प्रतीतिका नाम अहंकार है उस अहंकारसे जिसका अन्तःकरण अनेक प्रकारसे मोहित हो चुका है ऐसा देहेन्द्रियके धर्मको अपना धर्म माननेवाला देहाभिमानी पुरुष अविद्यावश प्रकृतिके कर्मोंको अपनेमें मानता हुआ उनउन कर्मोंका मैं कर्ता हूँ ऐसा मान बैठता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

3.27 While actions are being done in every way by the gunas (alities) of Nature, one who is deluded by egoism thinks thus: 'I am the doer.'

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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