Chapter 3 · Verse 27 · Karma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 3.27
Sanskrit
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः। अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते।।3.27।।
Transliteration
prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥ ahankāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate
Word by Word
All action in this world flows from the three gunas of nature—not from your separate self. The ego claims authorship over what nature itself orchestrates, creating the illusion of individual doership that binds us in karma.
When you truly see that the body acts, the mind thinks, and the senses respond according to their nature, you step free from the burden of guilt and claim—and in that freedom, real dharma becomes possible. In modern life, this means releasing the exhausting pretense that you are the sole author of outcomes, and finding peace in aligned action without the weight of false responsibility.
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Bhagavad Gita 3.27 — BG 3.27
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