Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 13.22

Sanskrit

पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु।।13.22।।

puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu

Meaning

Your circumstances reflect your choices and habits. By consciously managing your actions and associations, you shape your future outcomes and opportunities.

Translation

Since the soul is seated in Nature, therefore it experiences the qualities born of Nature. Contact with the qualities is the cause of its births in good and evil wombs.

Related Topics

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