Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 - Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 14

The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

Karma pertains to Prakriti & not Purusha 14-17

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 5 -Sanyasa Yoga - Sloka 14

 Meditation on the Lord

Na kartritvam na karmani lokasya srujati prabhuh I

Na karma phalam samyogam svabhavah u pravartate II sloka 14

न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः ।

न कर्म फलं संयोगं स्वभावः तु प्रवर्तते ।। श्लोक १४ 

The Lord does not create agency or actions for the world; He does not create union with the fruits of action. Nature does all this.

 Due to ignorance the individual self identifies himself with nature or prakriti  and assumes ownership over karma and its consequences. Actually all work belongs to nature and not to atman. This is further explained further