Bhagavad Gita · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13, Shloka 29 (13.29)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः
यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति
॥ 13.29 ॥
prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ
yaḥ paśyati tathā''tmānamakartāraṃ sa paśyati
Translation
"One who sees that all actions are done in every way by prakriti alone, and sees the Self as not the doer — that person truly sees."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. prakṛtiḥ bhagavataḥ māyā triguṇātmikā — prakriti = the Lord's maya made of the three gunas (Śvet. 4.10); karmāṇi vāṅmanaḥkāyārabhyāṇi — actions that begin with speech, mind and body.
Acharya Ramanuja. ātmānam akartāraṃ jñānākāraṃ ca yaḥ paśyati — one who sees the self as non-doer and as of the nature of knowledge; that is, actions happen through union with prakriti, while the nature of the self is knowledge.
Shridhara Swami. He raises a question: śubhāśubhakarmakartṛtvena vaiṣamye dṛśyamāne katham ātmanaḥ samatvam — people are seen doing good and bad deeds, so how is the Self the same? The answer: dehābhimānenaivātmanaḥ kartṛtvaṃ na svataḥ — doership comes from identification with the body, not from the Self's own nature.
Madhusudana Saraswati. Actions are triguṇātmikayā bhagavanmāyayaiva kriyamāṇāni — done by the Lord's maya made of the three gunas; the Self is asaṅgam ekaṃ sarvatra samaṃ.
Madhvacharya. In brief: ātmānaṃ cākarttāraṃ paśyati sa paśyati (corpus spelling).
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.