Chapter 18 • Verse 16

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Sanskrit Verse

tatraivam sati kartaram atmanam kevalam tu yah pasyaty akrita-buddhitvan na sa pasyati durmatih

Translation & Meaning

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.

Key Teachings

  • 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

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