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Moksha Sanyasa Yoga · Liberation through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.16

Sanskrit

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः । पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥18.16॥

Transliteration

tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ | paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ ‖18.16‖

Meaning

That being so, one who, through unrefined understanding, sees the self alone as the doer, that perverse-minded one does not truly see.

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Theme: Liberation through Renunciation

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