| 27. Actions are
wrought in all cases by the energies of Nature. He whose mind is deluded
by egoism thinks I am the doer.Nature (Prakriti, Pradhana) is the equipoised
state of the three gunas or energies, viz sattva (goodness), rajas (activity),
tamas (darkness). It is by the gunas or the modifications of Nature, manifesting
themselves as the body and the senses, that all our actions, conducive to
temporal and spiritual ends. are done. The man whose mind (antahkarana)
is variously deluded by ahankara, by egoism identifying the aggregate of
the body and the senses with the Self; i. e who ascribes to himself all
the attributes of the body and the senses and thus thoroughly identifies
himself with themhe, by nescience, sees actions in himself: as regards every
action, he thinks I am the doer.But as regards the wise man: |
