Learn·Chapter 13 · The field and its knower·Verse 21 of 35
Bhagavad Gītā 13.21, word by word
BG 13.21
कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते
kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve hetuḥ prakṛitir uchyate puruṣhaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛitve hetur uchyate
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In English
Nature is the law that generates cause and effect; God is the source of all pleasure and pain.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
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.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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