अस्ति चेदीश्वर: कश्चित्फलरूप्यन्यकर्मणाम् । कर्तारं भजते सोऽपि न ह्यकर्तु: प्रभुर्हि स: ॥ १४ ॥
asti ced īśvaraḥ kaścit phala-rūpy anya-karmaṇām kartāraṁ bhajate so ’pi na hy akartuḥ prabhur hi saḥ
- asti
- there is
- cet
- if hypothetically
- īśvaraḥ
- a supreme controller
- kaścit
- someone
- phala-rūpī
- serving to award fruitive results
- anya-karmaṇām
- of the activities of other persons
- kartāram
- the performer of activity
- bhajate
- depends upon
- saḥ
- He
- api
- even
- na
- not
- hi
- after all
- akartuḥ
- of one who performs no activity
- prabhuḥ
- the master
- hi
- certainly
- saḥ
- He
Even if there is some supreme controller who awards all others the results of their activities, He must also depend upon a performer’s engaging in activity. After all, there is no question of being the bestower of fruitive results unless fruitive activities have actually been performed.