Verse 13.30

प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः ।

यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥

13.30

Transliteration

prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ |

yaḥ paśyati tathātmānamakartāraṃ sa paśyati ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

He sees, who sees that all actions are performed by Nature alone and that the Self is actionless.

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Word by word

by nature
alone
and
actions
being performed
in every way

who
sees
and
the self
as non doer
he
truly sees

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

A second kind of true seeing is named. One who sees that every action is carried out wholly by nature, and that the self is akartṛ, not the doer, truly sees. This follows from the earlier teaching that nature is responsible for doing and the person for experiencing. It does not mean that action does not happen or that one should stop acting. It means that the inmost self is not entangled in the doing. For Arjuna, the insight offers a way to act fully as a warrior while knowing that his deepest identity is not bound by the act.