Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 18.16

Sanskrit

तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।

tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ paśhyaty akṛita-buddhitvān na sa paśhyati durmatiḥ

Meaning

When you claim personal credit for outcomes, you miss the bigger picture. True leadership recognizes forces beyond your control shape results.

Translation

Therefore, anyone whose intellect is imperfect and perceives the Absolute Self as the agent, does not perceive properly and has a distorted intellect.

Related Topics

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