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13.20Krishna
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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)