Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 18

Bhagavad Gita 18.16

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः॥

tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ paśhyaty akṛita-buddhitvān na sa paśhyati durmatiḥ

Translation

That being so, he verily who—owing to untrained Reason —looketh on his Self, which is isolated, as the actor, he of perverted intelligence, seeth not.

What it means

This being so, whoever, with an untrained mind, sees the isolated Self alone as the doer, that person of clouded vision does not see. Pure agency is an illusion. The ego's signature on every act is a forgery.

Try this today

The misattribution error: believing 'I alone did it' marks untrained seeing.

Something to reflect on

Where do I still forge the ego's signature on group work?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.