नैवात्मा न परश्चापि कर्ता स्यात् सुखदु:खयो: । कर्तारं मन्यतेऽत्राज्ञ आत्मानं परमेव च ॥ १९ ॥
naivatma na paras capi karta syat sukha-duhkhayoh kartaram manyate ’trajna atmanam param eva ca
- na
- not
- eva
- indeed
- atma
- the spirit soul
- na
- nor
- parah
- another (friend or enemy)
- ca
- also
- api
- indeed
- karta
- the doer
- syat
- can be
- sukha-duhkhayoh
- of happiness and distress
- kartaram
- the doer
- manyate
- considers
- atra
- in this connection
- ajnah
- a person not aware of the real fact
- atmanam
- himself
- param
- another
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- also.
In this material world, neither the living entity himself nor others (friends and enemies) are the cause of material happiness and distress. But because of gross ignorance, the living entity thinks that he and others are the cause.