Bhagavad Gita 18.16
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः। पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।
tatraivaṃ sati kartāramātmānaṃ kevalaṃ tu yaḥ। paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvānna sa paśyati durmatiḥ।।18.16।।
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- तत्र
- there (in this matter, as explained)
- एवम्
- thus
- सति
- this being the case (locative absolute)
- कर्तारम्
- the doer/agent
- आत्मानम्
- the self
- केवलम्
- alone, exclusively (as sole agent)
- तु
- but/indeed
- यः
- who (relative pronoun, subject)
- पश्यति
- sees/perceives
- अकृतबुद्धित्वात्
- because his intellect is untrained/unrefined (due to imperfect understanding)
- न
- not
- सः
- he
- पश्यति
- (truly) sees/understands
- दुर्मतिः
- one of perverted/evil understanding
Commentary
i5 Now, such being the case, verily, he who as untrained in understanding, looks on the pure Self as the agent, that man of perverted intelli- gence sees not.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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एवम्
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केवलम्
तु
यः
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