Chapter 13: Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga, verse 30
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।
यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥
Say itprakṛityaiva cha karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśhaḥ
yaḥ paśhyati tathātmānam akartāraṁ sa paśhyati
Translation
He sees, who sees that all actions are performed solely by Nature and that the Self is without action.
Swami Sivananda
And he who sees actions being done in various ways by Nature itself, and also the Self as the non-agent, he sees.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He who sees that all acts are done universally by Prakrti alone, and likewise that the self is not the doer, he indeed sees.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Whoever views all actions as being performed (or all objects as being created) by the Material Cause itself, and at the same time views their own Self as a non-performer (or non-creator) - they view properly.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth.
Shri Purohit Swami
जो सम्पूर्ण क्रियाओंको सब प्रकारसे प्रकृतिके द्वारा ही की जाती हुई देखता है और अपने-आपको अकर्ता देखता (अनुभव करता) है, वही यथार्थ देखता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो पुरुष समस्त कर्मों को सर्वश: प्रकृति द्वारा ही किये गये देखता है तथा आत्मा को अकर्ता देखता है, वही (वास्तव में) देखता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.