न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः | न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ||५-१४||
na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ . na karmaphalasaṃyogaṃ svabhāvastu pravartate ||5-14||
- na
- never
- kartṛtvam
- proprietorship
- na
- nor
- karmāṇi
- activities
- lokasya
- of the people
- sṛjati
- creates
- prabhuḥ
- the master of the city of the body
- na
- nor
- karma-phala
- with the results of activities
- saṁyogam
- connection
- svabhāvaḥ
- the modes of material nature
- tu
- but
- pravartate
- act
- na
- never
The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.