TEXT 27

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prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni
guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā
kartāham iti manyate

Synonyms

prakṛteḥ — af den materielle natur; kriyamāṇāni — der bliver gjort; guṇaiḥ — af kvaliteterne; karmāṇi — aktiviteter; sarvaśaḥ — alle slags; ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha — forvirret af falsk ego; ātmā — den åndelige sjæl; kartā — den, der handler; aham — jeg; iti — således; manyate — han tænker.

prakṛteḥ — of material nature; kriyamāṇāni — being done; guṇaiḥ — by the modes; karmāṇi — activities; sarvaśaḥ — all kinds of; ahaṅkāra-vimūḍha — bewildered by false ego; ātmā — the spirit soul; kartā — doer; aham — I; iti — thus; manyate — he thinks.

Translation

Den åndelige sjæl, der forvirres af indflydelsen fra det falske ego, anser sig selv for at være den, der udfører handlinger, der i virkeligheden bliver gjort af den materielle naturs tre kvaliteter.

The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature.

Purport

FORKLARING: To personer, den ene Kṛṣṇa-bevidst og den anden i materiel bevidsthed, hvor begge arbejder med det samme, kan forekomme at være på samme niveau, men der er himmelvid forskel på deres respektive positioner. Personen i materiel bevidsthed er gennem det falske ego overbevist om, at han er den, der gør alting. Han ved ikke, at de kropslige mekanismer er blevet frembragt af den materielle natur, der fungerer under den Højeste Herres opsyn. Den materialistiske person er ikke klar over, at han i enhver henseende står under Kṛṣṇas kontrol. Personen, der er underlagt falsk ego, tager selv æren for at gøre alt uafhængigt, og det er tegnet på hans uvidenhed. Han ved ikke, at denne grove og subtile krop er skabt af den materielle natur på Guddommens Højeste Personligheds ordre, og at hans kropslige og mentale handlinger derfor skal engageres i Kṛṣṇas tjeneste i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. Det uvidende menneske glemmer helt, at Guddommens Højeste Personlighed kaldes Hṛṣīkeśa eller Herren over den materielle krops sanser, for som følge af sit langvarige misbrug af sanserne på sansenydelse vildledes han af det falske ego, der får ham til at glemme hans evige forhold til Kṛṣṇa.

Two persons, one in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and the other in material consciousness, working on the same level, may appear to be working on the same platform, but there is a wide gulf of difference in their respective positions. The person in material consciousness is convinced by false ego that he is the doer of everything. He does not know that the mechanism of the body is produced by material nature, which works under the supervision of the Supreme Lord. The materialistic person has no knowledge that ultimately he is under the control of Kṛṣṇa. The person in false ego takes all credit for doing everything independently, and that is the symptom of his nescience. He does not know that this gross and subtle body is the creation of material nature, under the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such his bodily and mental activities should be engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa, in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The ignorant man forgets that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as Hṛṣīkeśa, or the master of the senses of the material body, for due to his long misuse of the senses in sense gratification, he is factually bewildered by the false ego, which makes him forget his eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa.