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
In plain words
You are carrying something that was never yours to carry — the weight of making everything turn out right, the shame when it doesn't, the fear that you're doing it all wrong. Krishna says: you were given a nature, you were given work to do, and that work itself is divine, even when the results break your heart. Your job is to show up and do what is yours to do — the rest belongs to a wisdom much larger than you.
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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