Gita Verse 18.16

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 16

Sanskrit Verse

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।

Transliteration

tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ

paśhyaty akṛita-buddhitvān na sa paśhyati durmatiḥ

Word meanings

tatra—there; evam sati—in spite of this; kartāram—the doer; ātmānam—the soul; kevalam—only; tu—but; yaḥ—who; paśhyati—see; akṛita-buddhitvāt—with impure intellect; na—not; saḥ—they; paśhyati—see; durmatiḥ—foolish

Swami Sivananda's translation

Now, such being the case, verily he who, owing to an untrained understanding, looks upon his Self, which is isolated, as the agent, he of perverted intelligence does not see.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18