Chapter 4 · Verse 13 · Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 4.13
Sanskrit
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः। तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्।।4.13।।
Transliteration
chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛiṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥ tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhyakartāram avyayam
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the profound paradox at the heart of creation: He has ordained the four-fold social order based on the natural qualities and actions of each being, yet He Himself remains the eternal non-doer, untouched by the machinery of karma He has set in motion. This is the mystery of divine detachment — God creates the entire play of duty and consequence, yet stands outside it in unchanging witness-consciousness.
When you recognize that your own nature (guna) and rightful action (karma) are divine assignments, you are freed from the burden of personal authorship and the guilt that binds the ego — your work becomes an offering to the cosmic order itself.
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Bhagavad Gita 4.13 — BG 4.13
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