कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते ।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ॥
kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtir ucyate |puruṣaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṃ bhoktṛtve hetur ucyate ||
- कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे · kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛtve
- in the producing of effect, instrument, and agent
- हेतुः · hetuḥ
- the cause
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is said to be
- सुखदुःखानाम् · sukha-duḥkhānām
- of pleasure and pain
- भोक्तृत्वे · bhoktṛtve
- in the experiencing
“Nature is said to be the cause in the producing of effect, instrument, and agent; spirit is said to be the cause in the experiencing of pleasure and pain.”
— Original plain-language translation
A careful division of labor: nature does everything, while spirit 'causes' only by lending awareness to pleasure and pain. Suffering enters through the witness identifying with the show — the mechanism of bondage, stated without blame.
— Reader's notes (original)