Gita Verse 5.14

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5, Verse 14

Sanskrit Verse

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः।

न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते।।5.14।।

Transliteration

na kartṛitvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛijati prabhuḥ

na karma-phala-saṅyogaṁ svabhāvas tu pravartate

Word meanings

na—neither; kartṛitvam—sense of doership; na—nor; karmāṇi—actions; lokasya—of the people; sṛijati—creates; prabhuḥ—God; na—nor; karma-phala—fruits of actions; sanyogam—connection; svabhāvaḥ—one’s nature; tu—but; pravartate—is enacted

Swami Sivananda's translation

Neither does the Lord create agency nor actions for the world, nor union with the fruits of actions; rather, it is Nature that acts.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 5