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Chapter 13 · Verse 21The Field and the Knower of the Field

Bhagavad Gita 13.21

BG 13.21 — Chapter 13 (The Field and the Knower of the Field), Verse 21, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते | पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ||१३-२१||

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kāryakāraṇakartṛtve hetuḥ prakṛtirucyate . puruṣaḥ sukhaduḥkhānāṃ bhoktṛtve heturucyate ||13-21||

Roman: karyakaranakartrtve hetuh prakrtirucyate . purushah sukhaduhkhanam bhoktrtve heturucyate

In the production of the effect and the cause, Nature (matter) is said to be the cause; in the experience of pleasure and pain, the soul is said to be the cause.