Gita Verse 3.27

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 27

Sanskrit Verse

प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः।

अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते।।3.27।।

Transliteration

prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥ

ahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate

Word meanings

prakṛiteḥ—of material nature; kriyamāṇāni—carried out; guṇaiḥ—by the three modes; karmāṇi—activities; sarvaśhaḥ—all kinds of; ahankāra-vimūḍha-ātmā—those who are bewildered by the ego and misidentify themselves with the body; kartā—the doer; aham—I; iti—thus; manyate—thinks

Swami Sivananda's translation

All actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature alone. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, “I am the doer.”

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3