Gita Verse 13.21

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13, Verse 21

Sanskrit Verse

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।

Transliteration

kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve hetuḥ prakṛitir uchyate

puruṣhaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛitve hetur uchyate

Word meanings

kārya—effect; kāraṇa—cause; kartṛitve—in the matter of creation; hetuḥ—the medium; prakṛitiḥ—the material energy; uchyate—is said to be; puruṣhaḥ—the individual soul; sukha-duḥkhānām—of happiness and distress; bhoktṛitve—in experiencing; hetuḥ—is responsible; uchyate—is said to be

Swami Sivananda's translation

In the production of the effect and the cause, Nature (matter) is said to be the cause; in the experience of pleasure and pain, the soul is said to be the one responsible.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 13