tatraivam sati kartaram atmanam kevalam tu yah pasyaty akrita-buddhitvan na sa pasyati durmatih
One who, despite this fivefold causation, sees the pure Self alone as the doer, that person, of impure understanding, does not truly see. Claiming sole personal agency ignores the full reality of how action operates.
- •Seeing the self alone as the doer is an error born of impure understanding
- •True wisdom recognizes the multiple factors that constitute any action
- •Ego-centered attribution of doership obstructs liberation