प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः ।यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥
prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ |yaḥ paśyati tathātmānam akartāraṃ sa paśyati ||
- प्रकृत्या एव · prakṛtyā eva
- by nature alone
- कर्माणि · karmāṇi
- actions
- क्रियमाणानि · kriyamāṇāni
- being performed
- सर्वशः · sarvaśaḥ
- in every way, entirely
- आत्मानम् अकर्तारम् · ātmānam akartāram
- the self as non-doer
- सः पश्यति · saḥ paśyati
- that one truly sees
“Who sees that all actions are performed by nature alone in every way, and the self as the non-doer — that one truly sees.”
— Original plain-language translation
The karma-yoga insight returns crowned as vision: nature acts, the self witnesses. This is the discernment that frees Arjuna's sword arm — fighting without the fever of doership, as Chapter 11 already commanded.
— Reader's notes (original)