Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 29

प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः । यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति

prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ | yaḥ paśyati tathātmānamakartāraṃ sa paśyati

Translation

He sees, who sees all actions performed by Prakṛti alone and the Self not acting.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

prakṛtyā

by matter

eva

even

ca

and

karmāṇi

actions

kriyamāṇāni

(the) being performed

sarvaśaḥ

everywhere

yaḥ

who

paśyati

sees

tathā

so

ātmānam

the Self

akartāram

actionless

saḥ

he

paśyati

sees

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Prakṛti is the Lord's Māyā composed of the three guṇas. So the Mantra reads, "Let him know that Māyā is the Prakṛti and that the Great Lord is the possessor of Māyā" (Śvet. Up. 4.10). By Prakṛti — i.e., Māyā, the Śakti or inherent energy of the Lord — are done all sorts of actions, whether done in speech, thought, or deed. He sees, who realises this truth and also the truth that the Self (Kṣetrajña) is devoid of all upādhis or conditions; i.e., he sees the supreme truth. There is no evidence to show that there is any variety in Him who is non-agent, unconditioned, and free from all specialities, just as there is no variety in the ākāśa.