Chapter 13: Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga – Distinction between Object Field and its Knower: Verse 30
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वश:।
य: पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥
prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi
kriyamāṇāni sarvaśa:
ya: paśyati tathātmānamakartāraṃ
sa paśyati – 13.30
He who ‘sees’ all kinds of activities as instrumented by Prakṛti alone, and likewise sees the Self as ever the non-doer, is the true Seer.
Chapter 13: Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga – Distinction between Object Field and its Knower - Verse 30
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Prakrti is an aggregate of un-imaginable display of activities, with Purusha manifesting it throughout. Prakrti brings about the whole cause and effect sequences, which in turn, bring about myriad actions, reactions, interactions and their countless outcomes. The process is on in minute as well as majestic dimensions.
Enabling all these variegated processes, Purusha, the Self, remains still. But for Purusha’s presence, nothing will transpire and become cognizable. Nonetheless, Purusha is not involved in causing anything.
True vision consists in holding Prakrti to be the sole cause for everything, Purusha remaining free and actionless. By identifying oneself with Purusha, the Knower becomes free from the bondages created by Nature’s activities!
