Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 13.21

Sanskrit

कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते।।13.21।।

kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve hetuḥ prakṛitir uchyate puruṣhaḥ sukha-duḥkhānāṁ bhoktṛitve hetur uchyate

Meaning

You control your responses to circumstances, not circumstances themselves. Master your inner reactions; external conditions follow naturally.

Translation

With regard to the source of the body and its organs, Nature is said to be the cause; the soul is the cause so far as the enjoyment of happiness and sorrow is concerned.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: