तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः ।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥
tatraivaṃ sati kartāram ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ |paśyaty akṛtabuddhitvān na sa paśyati durmatiḥ ||
- तत्र · tatra
- in this matter
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- सति · sati
- this being so
- कर्तारम् · kartāram
- as the doer
- आत्मानम् · ātmānam
- the self
- केवलम् · kevalam
- alone, merely
- यः · yaḥ
- who
- पश्यति · paśyati
- sees
- अकृतबुद्धित्वात् · akṛtabuddhitvāt
- from unrefined understanding
- न · na
- not
- सः · saḥ
- he
- पश्यति · paśyati
- sees (truly)
- दुर्मतिः · durmatiḥ
- the dull-witted one
“This being so, one who sees the self alone as the doer — from unrefined understanding — that dull-witted one does not truly see.”
— Original plain-language translation
A sharp rebuke of spiritualized egoism: confusing the pure self with the sole agent is ignorance, not insight. True seeing perceives the machinery of nature at work (compare 3.27, 13.29). The verse guards against misusing the five-causes teaching as an excuse — see the next verse for the positive side.
— Reader's notes (original)